Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Audiobook

" A necessary book for understanding what happened during the initial years of the war with Saddam Hussein. The blunders committed by the Bush administration were in my view the greatest ever by any wartime president. "

" Really good but I got lost in the battle descriptions. If you have a military background or strong interest you would probably appreciate the detail. I definitely learned more than I ever knew about how military planning, decision-making works. I'm glad I read it. "

" Published early on in the exercise, this was one of the first books about how the invasion of Iraq became a debacle. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be the last. "

" Merp! I voted for George Bush in both 2000 and 2004. This book is essentially about how ideology trumped reality in the USA's foreign policy decision making process from late 2001 to ... "

" Cobra II provides a worthy account of the planning and execution of OIF in 2002/03. However, the book is clearly partaking in the national contrition which occurred after the onset of insurgency there. While the principal architects of the war effort do deserve primary responsibility for the failures, and successes, of OIF, the book almost completely ignores the long standing institutional attitudes and cultures which set the stage for OIF miscalculations. "

" The big to read on the path to the war in Iraq in 2003. The authors did their homework. A lot of missed opportunities IMHO. "

" Account of early portion of :2nd U.S.-Iraq war. U.S. not expecting unconventional resitatance; U. S. forces enough to occupy Iraq but not to control it. Administration didn't think these problems would arise, but was advised of the probability of these problems. "

" From what I've seen, seems to be an accurate account. And if so, it will be an excellent source or 'lessons learned' "

" Felt a social obligation to understand more about the Iraq war. This certainly did the trick. Not sure how skewed it was; if the author had an agenda or not. It was an informative read, certainly not a light weekend read. "

" Required reading for all Americans. "

" Very long and very dry at parts. Good account of a mismanaged war. "

" Read this in July - very interesting. "

" If you want to know how Iraq went wrong, read this. "

" This is a long and very technical history, but very useful and full of stuff you haven't heard about. "

" Best book about the Iraq war I've read. Read one of them at least. Shit. "

" A well researched telling of a story we mostly already know. In summation: bad logistical planning, faulty intel, Franks is bad, Rumsfeld is worse. "

" With General Trainor's authoritative inside view, this book gives insights into the administrative machinations behind the war and into the way the upper echelons of the military gave into political pressures. A little dry in the blow-by-blow portions about the war itself. "

" Comprehensive history of the March/April 2003 invasion of Iraq. Outlines the political development leading to war, the formulation and execution of the invasion plan, and the situation on the ground after major combat operations ceased. "

" This book was ok, gives you an insiders look at the planning and execution of the initial invasion but becuase the occupation became the bigger more important story the relevance of this book suffered. "

" this is an incredible piece of journalism. It makes me very afraid to think our country makes such important decisions in this manner. It also makes me understand things in a very different manner. "

" Not too bad even though it got down to the weeds at times. "