The Gamble
Subtitle: GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS AND THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVENTURE IN IRAQ, 2006 - 2008
Publisher: The Penguin Press; Penguin Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, US
Format: Military History
Number of pages: 394
Description: "The Gamble," the story of Gen. David Petraeus and the American military, reveals that many high-level officials were opposed to the 2003 invasion.
Table of contents: title: Cast of Characters xv; title: Acronyms and Abbreviations xvii; title: PART ONE; title: THE OLD WAR ENDS; title: 1. THINGS FALL APART (Fall 2005) 3; title: 2. HOW TO FIGHT THIS WAR (Fall 2005-Fall 2006) 24; title: 3. KEANE TAKES COMMAND (Fall 2006) 74; title: 4. A STRATEGY IS BORN (Winter 2006-7) 106; title: PART TWO; title: A NEW WAR BEGINS; title: 5. IF YOU'RE SO SMART . . . (Spring 2007) 127; title: 6. GAMBLING ON A "SHITTY HAND"; title: (Spring and Summer 2007) 149; title: 7. SIGNS OF LIFE IN BAGHDAD (Summer 2007) 200; title: 8. THE DOMESTIC OPPOSITION COLLAPSES; title: (Summer and Fall 2007) 228; title: PART THREE; title: WAR WITHOUT END; title: 9. THE TWILIGHT ZONE (Winter 2007-8) 259; title: 10. BIG WASTA (Spring 2008) 273; title: 11. AFTER THE SURGE (Summer 2008) 294; title: 12. OBAMA'S WAR (Fall 2008) 306; title: EPILOGUE: The Long War 313; title: Appendixes 327; title: A. Col Devlin s In telligence Assessmen t 331; title: B. The Orders Lt. Gen. Odierno Received in December 2006 337; title: C. How Odierno Changed the Mission 343; title: D. Gen. Petraeus Summarizes How to Operate in Iraq 369; title: Notes 373; title: Acknowledgments 383