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ricks fiasco '' in 2007 , posing with his book '' beverly , massachusetts , united states thomas e. ricks 25 september 1955 thomas ricks in 2007 thomas ricks.jpg thomas e. ricks -lrb- journalist -rrb-
 thomas edwin ricks
thomas e. ricks -lrb- journalist -rrb-

thomas edwin `` tom '' ricks -lrb- born september 25 , 1955 -rrb- is an american journalist who writes on defense topics .
he is a pulitzer prize-winning former reporter for the `` wall street journal '' and `` washington post '' .
he writes a blog at foreignpolicy.com and is a member of the center for a new american security , a defense policy think tank .
he lectures widely to the military and is a member of harvard university 's senior advisory council on the project on u.s. civil-military relations .
he has reported on military activities in somalia , haiti , korea , bosnia , kosovo , macedonia , kuwait , turkey , afghanistan , and iraq .
ricks is author of five books : the bestselling `` fiasco : the american military adventure in iraq '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , its follow-up `` the gamble : general david petraeus and the american military adventure in iraq , 2006-2008 '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , `` the generals : american military command from world war ii to today '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , the novel `` a soldier 's duty '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , and `` making the corps '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .
