From #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsigh
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Ricks, a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, with a focus on the pivotal years from the mid-1930s through the 1940s, when their farsigh
A powerful novel from one of the nation's most respected military journalists exposes the "culture wars" raging within the Pentagon as two young combat officers, Majors Cindy Sherman and Bud Lewis, di
Fiasco, Thomas E. RicksA's #1 New York Times bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in IraqA-The Gamble is the next news breaking installment Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours
Cutting through the headlines and spin, this book gives us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors t
A bestselling author’s innovative history of the civil rights movement, stressing its unexpected affinities with military strategy and lessons for nonviolent resistance around the world.When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955, she set the struggle for racial justice in America on a new and momentous course. Why did the civil rights movement in its heyday succeed in expanding rights and galvanizing a nation? And what lessons can today’s nonviolent activists learn from its practitioners’ strategies, tactics, and decisions made at key junctures?In Waging a Good War, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Thomas E. Ricks presents new insight into America’s defining social justice campaign, using the unlikely prism of military history and thought. He deftly follows Martin Luther King Jr. and other key figures from one campaign to another, demonstrating that the philosophy of nonviolence was an active and even aggressive method of confronting foes and achieving victory
From the #1 bestselling author of Fiasco and The Gamble, an epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to IraqHistory has been kind to the American generals of Worl
New York Times BestsellerA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from th
The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Making the Corps visit
New York Times Bestseller"Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country." ―Jame
Thomas E. Rick's news-breaking follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Fiasco Now updated to fully document the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005, The Gamble is the definitive accoun
Describes the values, strategic thinking and leadership qualities of military leaders from World War II to the present day and how the widening separation between performance and accountability has no
