Tom in the New Atlanticist

POST: Ricks' The Gamble: Much Better Than Fiasco, By
Magnus Nordenman, New Atlanticist, March 31, 2009

Reference to Tom and Admiral Fallon:

From Ricks' perspective it is clear that Admiral "Fox" Fallon was not asked to resign as combatant commander because of his frank remarks on Iran to grand strategist turned journalist Thomas Barnett, but because he actively resisted the surge strategy in Iraq.

Tom hasn't read book but said, "If Gamble is that much better, then it must be spectacular because Fiasco was brilliant."

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I too thought 'The Gamble' a much better book for a simple reason, it chronicles a transformation in a large bureaucracy. 'Fiasco' read more like few middle-echelon guys sitting around a bar having an extended bitch session.