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Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
By
Michael Gordon & Bernard Trainor
There have been many reports about the Iraq war and the vicissitudes of the occupation, yet none has told the complete story. Michael Gordon, chief military correspondent for the New York Times, had unparalleled, behind-the-scenes access to the decision-making processes that determined involvement in Iraq. And now, in Cobra II – the secret codename given to the land invasion operation – he gives us the objectively rendered, definitive chronicle of the war.
Gordon was privy to interactions between General Tommy Franks, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and the field generals, as they formulated and executed the war plan. He has interviewed a range of officials including Franks, Condoleezza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Jerry Bremer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers, as well as nearly every general and all the regimental and brigade commanders. He had access to classified military and diplomatic documents, internal after-action reports, and oral histories. The result, delivered in Gordon’s powerhouse writing style, is a galvanizing, often shocking account of the Iraq war and its lasting historical consequences.
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