Blogs about: Thomas Ricks
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Salient Point
Thomas Ricks succinctly analyzes President Obama’s withdrawal plan: Our participation in this war ends not when one president hangs a “Mission Accomplished” banner or when another pr… more →
Chasing David
Boots on the Ground - Stories from the War in Iraq
wrote 2 months ago: PART ONE: APRIL 6, 2004 © David Robert Swanson, USA, The Philadelphia Inquirer Listen! PART TWO: THE … more →
"Candid" Look at Training, Mentoring AFG Troops
wrote 2 months ago: A “must read” from Thomas Ricks at Foreignpolicy.com, highlighting comments from none ot … more →
Fareed Zakaria and Thomas Ricks on Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Waiting for Obama
wrote 3 months ago: An afterthought to Eight questions for Thomas Ricks: …General McChrystal is asking some people … more →
Beat Army, Yes--Bulldoze West Point, No
wrote 8 months ago: I can hit my brother. He can hit me. But if YOU hit my brother, watch out. I’m coming at you! … more →
All in: America's gamble in Iraq
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wrote 8 months ago: I’ve blogged previously about Thomas Ricks’ new book, The Gamble: General David Petraeus … more →
Book Reviews: A Peace to End All Peace; The Gamble.
wrote 8 months ago: I thoroughly enjoyed A Peace to End All Peace, and highly recommend it to someone that wants to read … more →
Why we may need to update West Point as part of a larger national security reform
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wrote 8 months ago: When Thomas E. Ricks, the respected author of Fiasco and The Gamble, suggested in the April 19 Washi … more →
Do we need military service academies?
wrote 8 months ago: Thomas Ricks argues that we don’t need West Point to ensure that the U.S. military continues t … more →
How to beat an insurgency by killing fewer people (II)
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wrote 8 months ago: My colleague Andrew Potter blogged a few weeks ago about Thomas Ricks’ new book, The Gamble: G … more →
Payments for Environmental Services Peace
wrote 8 months ago: (Before reading this note, if you are not familiar with payments for environmental services, you may … more →
Bonus quote of the day - "Reality" category
wrote 9 months ago: People have been tortured in our names. That is a fact. If you disagree, what do you know that the R … more →
Nervy arguments, indeed
wrote 9 months ago: Thomas Ricks’ “The Best Defense” blog highlights new, “nervy” argument … more →
Newsweak and Non-RFID Implants
wrote 10 months ago: 1. Newsweek, a main-stream rag owned by the Jerusalem Washington New York Times Post, has recently h … more →
'Gamble' Author: Iraq War Only Halfway Over
wrote 10 months ago: Author and journalist Thomas Ricks says the Iraq war “was the biggest mistake in the history o … more →
Salient Point
wrote 10 months ago: Thomas Ricks succinctly analyzes President Obama’s withdrawal plan: Our participation in this … more →
Ricks' "The Gamble" and Differing Surge Narratives
wrote 10 months ago: Thomas Ricks’ recent media tour for his new book “The Gamble” and all the discussi … more →
The Swat Valley
wrote 10 months ago: Ricks disagrees with the conventional wisdom that the recent deal made by the Pakistani Army and ele … more →
Military Historians - Obama needs to put Generals in check.
wrote 10 months ago: From Cliopatria @ History News Network, 13 February 2009 post, by Chris Bray: Thomas Ricks wrote app … more →
