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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Type
- Politics
- Vintage
- No
- Personalized
- No
- Subject
- Politics
- Signed
- No
- Era
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9781416569930
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1416569936
ISBN-13
9781416569930
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63096859
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mission Accomplished! or How We Won the War in Iraq : the Experts Speak
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Topic / Politics, General
Illustrator
Grossman, Robert, Yes
Genre
Political Science, Reference, Humor
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-049315
Reviews
"Having amassed an aircraft carrier's worth of lies about the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky can now crow Mission Accomplished!. Indeed."-- Vanity Fair, "All the golden oldies are here, from the title of the book itself to Rumsfeld's "freedom is untidy" to Kenneth Adelman's prediction that the war would be a "walk in the park" to Cheney and McCain's prediction that the Iraqis would greet us as "liberators." Readers may wish to do Sudoku puzzles instead of wallowing in memories of Ari Fleischer and WMDs. But readers who opt for Mission Accomplished may find that it pins them to their, um, seats."-- Salon.com, "Almost 25 years after the amusing The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation, Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf have compiled its successor, Mission Accomplished! The new book, nicely illustrated by satirist Robert Grossman, hangs authorities of all vocations and ideological stripes with their words about slam dunks, cakewalks, willing coalitions, the war's cost, Jessica Lynch, Blackwater and much more." -- Washington Post Express, "Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf's shrewd, lucid and tragically funny compilation of 'experts' offering their (erroneous, comically misguided, and even outright false) thoughts on the Iraq war...is sure to become one of the essential reads for those trying to remember how the Iraq fiasco came to be." -Huffington Post, "Almost 25 years after the amusingThe Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation,Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf have compiled its successor,Mission Accomplished!The new book, nicely illustrated by satirist Robert Grossman, hangs authorities of all vocations and ideological stripes with their words about slam dunks, cakewalks, willing coalitions, the war's cost, Jessica Lynch, Blackwater and much more."--Washington Post Express, "Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf's shrewd, lucid and tragically funny compilation of 'experts' offering their (erroneous, comically misguided, and even outright false) thoughts on the Iraq war...is sure to become one of the essential reads for those trying to remember how the Iraq fiasco came to be."-Huffington Post, "All the golden oldies are here, from the title of the book itself to Rumsfeld's "freedom is untidy" to Kenneth Adelman's prediction that the war would be a "walk in the park" to Cheney and McCain's prediction that the Iraqis would greet us as "liberators." Readers may wish to do Sudoku puzzles instead of wallowing in memories of Ari Fleischer and WMDs. But readers who opt for Mission Accomplished may find that it pins them to their, um, seats." -- Salon.com, "Having amassed an aircraft carrier's worth of lies about the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky can now crowMission Accomplished!.Indeed."--Vanity Fair, "Having amassed an aircraft carrier's worth of lies about the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky can now crow Mission Accomplished!. Indeed." -- Vanity Fair, "All the golden oldies are here, from the title of the book itself to Rumsfeld's "freedom is untidy" to Kenneth Adelman's prediction that the war would be a "walk in the park" to Cheney and McCain's prediction that the Iraqis would greet us as "liberators." Readers may wish to do Sudoku puzzles instead of wallowing in memories of Ari Fleischer and WMDs. But readers who opt forMission Accomplishedmay find that it pins them to their, um, seats."-- Salon.com, "Almost 25 years after the amusing The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation, Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf have compiled its successor, Mission Accomplished! The new book, nicely illustrated by satirist Robert Grossman, hangs authorities of all vocations and ideological stripes with their words about slam dunks, cakewalks, willing coalitions, the war's cost, Jessica Lynch, Blackwater and much more."-- Washington Post Express
Table Of Content
INTRODUCTIONPROLOGUEPART I: SADDAM HUSSEIN: "A FORCE FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST"PART II: PREMONITIONS OF LIBERATIONVOLUME I: THE GATHERING STORMWEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: DOES SADDAM REALLY HAVE THEM? (ONLY A FOOL -- OR POSSIBLY A FRENCHMAN -- COULD CONCLUDE OTHERWISE)Does Saddam Have Nukes? "We Don't Want the Smoking Gun to be a Mushroom Cloud!"Aluminum Tubes"16 Little Words"Chemical and Biological WeaponsBiological Vans: Cooking Everything but the Books?Anthrax: "Let's All Take a Deep Breath"The Loyal Opposition SpeaksTHE MISSING LINKMohammed Atta's Trip to Prague: An "Undisputed Fact"AN IMMINENT THREAT?Postscript: On the Imminency of NonimminencyUNIMPEACHABLE SOURCES: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JUDITH MILLERTHE SEARCH FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONInspecting the Inspectors (or The Search for Rosie O'Donnell's Stretch Marks)Cheese-Eating Surrender MonkeysWar or Peace? "The Decider Has Yet to Decide"VOLUME II: THEIR FINEST HOUR: AMERICA READIES ITSELF TO FREE THE IRAQI PEOPLECAKEWALK!HOW MANY TROOPS WILL BE NEEDED?Postscript: What About Casualties?A BURNING QUESTION: WHAT'S OIL GOT TO DO WITH IT?HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? A WAR THAT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF!HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? (OR WHEN DO WE GET TO DINE IN THE GASLIGHT DISTRICT?)And Wait...There's EvenMoreGood News!Postscript: "The Rush to Peace"VOLUME III: THE GRAND ALLIANCEPart I: The Coalition of the Willing Invades IraqTHE COALITION OF THE WILLING"GOD IS GRILLING THEIR STOMACHS IN HELL!""THE GREATEST HEROINE OF ALL TIME": SAVING PRIVATE LYNCHPart II: Mission AccomplishedPOSTSCRIPT: AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THINGS COULD HAVE GONE EVEN BETTER!VOLUME IV: THE HINGE OF FATELOOTING: "A NATURAL PROCESS" AND "A RELIEF TO COLLEGE STUDENTS EVERYWHERE"Postscript: Keeping Our Priorities StraightRESISTANCE? WHAT RESISTANCE?WHY BAGHDAD IS JUST LIKE MANHATTAN (OR IS IT CALIFORNIA?)THE NEXT (OR NEXT TO LAST) WORD ON WMDSPostscript: So We Didn't Find the WMDs. Big Deal!A "BUNCH OF BULL": THE "IRRELEVANT" DEBATE OVER THE "16 LITTLE WORDS"Revisionist HistoryTHE VALERIE PLAME AFFAIRTORTURE: THE NEW PARADIGMOptional Reading: The Geneva ConventionWelcome to Guantánamo!Postscript: Should Guantánamo Prison Be Shut Down?The Case for TorturePostscript: The President Calls the World to ActionThe Comforts of Abu GhraibALL HAIL THE VICEROY: JERRY BREMER AND THE CPAReconstruction, American-StylePostscript: Money PlayersPerspectives on ChaosCOMING REAL SOON NOW: THE NEW, DE-BA'ATHIFIED IRAQI SECURITY FORCES!CONTRACTORS: "SKYDIVERS AND MOTORCYCLISTS""An Uptick in Local Engagements"The Ambush in Fallujah: What Really Happened?"Humane Democracy" in Nisour SquareSee No Evil, Hear No EvilPostscript: The Cookie and Buzzy ShowA CIVIL WAR? NOT BLOODY LIKELY!MISSION ACCOMPLISHED REVISITEDVOLUME V: CLOSING THE RING: THE END GAME?MEASURING THE IRAQ WAR IN "FRIEDMAN UNITS"TURNING POINTSVIGILANCE, THE PRICE OF LIBERTYSome Dare Call It Treason: America's Fifth ColumnFear Itself: The Bush Administration Reassures AmericaThings We Mustn't Do (So the Terrorists Won't Win)Postscript: The Hunt for Osama bin LadenVOLUME VI: TRIUMPH OR TRAGEDY? AMERICA LOOKS BACK AT FIVE YEARS OF CONFLICTWHY WE FIGHTPLANTING THE SEEDS OF FREEDOM (THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS)History's Judgment"Resolve, Constancy and Unity of Purpose"PROFILES IN COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISMRUMSFELD'S PERFORMANCE: THE DECIDER DECIDESNOTHING FAILS LIKE SUCCESS!WHO, ME?THE NEW CRUSADERSGod Is on Our SidePostscript: God Is on Their Side, TooPAX AMERICANAIn Closing: A Message of Un
Synopsis
From the folks at the Institute of Expertology who brought you "The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation" comes "Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq," the definitive, footnoted, hilarious but depressing compilation of experts who were in error about the Iraq War.From MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."-- President George W. Bush, May 2, 2003"[Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces."-- L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, November 17, 2003"Military action will not last more than a week." -- Bill O'Reilly, "The O'Reilly Factor," January 23, 2003"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." -- President George W. Bush, at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, December 10, 2001, This is the definitive, hilarious--but depressing--compilation of quotes by the so-called experts regarding the Iraq War. "Mission Accomplished!" systematically catalogues, footnotes, and sets straight these misunderstandings, miscalculations, and lies., Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq is the definitive collection -- systematically categorized, indexed, and footnoted for your convenience -- of authoritative misinformation, disinformation, misunderstanding, miscalculation, egregious prognostication, boo-boos, and just plain lies, about the Iraq War. "Never before has such a large and diverse group of experts been so unanimously in favor of a particular national policy as they were in the case of the U.S. invasion of Iraq," note Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky, who, as co-founders of the Institute of Expertology, the nation's leading purveyor of expertise on expertise, were uniquely qualified to assemble this impressive collection. "In the face of such a consensus, we had no choice but to ask ourselves, 'Could the iron law of expertology -- the experts are never right -- be wrong?'" At once an entertainment, a cautionary tale, a critique of mass media, a reference tool, and a postwar manifesto, Mission Accomplished! presents, as no book has before, the collective wisdom of all those who are presumed to know what they talking about on the subject of America's adventure in Iraq. As this hilarious, yet depressing, volume demonstrates, they don't. From MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." -- President George W. Bush, May 1, 2003 "[Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces." -- L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, November 17, 2003 "Military action will not last more than a week." -- Bill O'Reilly, The O'Reilly Factor, January 23, 2003 "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." -- President George W. Bush, at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, December 10, 2001, Mission Accomplished Or How We Won the War in Iraq is the definitive collection -- systematically categorized, indexed, and footnoted for your convenience -- of authoritative misinformation, disinformation, misunderstanding, miscalculation, egregious prognostication, boo-boos, and just plain lies, about the Iraq War. "Never before has such a large and diverse group of experts been so unanimously in favor of a particular national policy as they were in the case of the U.S. invasion of Iraq," note Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky, who, as co-founders of the Institute of Expertology, the nation's leading purveyor of expertise on expertise, were uniquely qualified to assemble this impressive collection. "In the face of such a consensus, we had no choice but to ask ourselves, 'Could the iron law of expertology -- the experts are never right -- be wrong?'" At once an entertainment, a cautionary tale, a critique of mass media, a reference tool, and a postwar manifesto, Mission Accomplished presents, as no book has before, the collective wisdom of all those who are presumed to know what they talking about on the subject of America's adventure in Iraq. As this hilarious, yet depressing, volume demonstrates, they don't. From MISSION ACCOMPLISHED "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." -- President George W. Bush, May 1, 2003 " Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces." -- L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, November 17, 2003 "Military action will not last more than a week." -- Bill O'Reilly, The O'Reilly Factor, January 23, 2003 "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." -- President George W. Bush, at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, December 10, 2001
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DS79.764.U6C47 2007
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