Thomas Ricks

Thomas Ricks discusses the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq. History has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley—and less kind to the generals of the wars that followed. He looks at why in his new book The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today.

Fiasco leaves no doubt as to how Washington Post military reporter, Thomas Ricks, feels about the war in Iraq. Released a year ago, the book’s damning history of the war was a force in transforming the public perception of US involvement in Iraq. Fiasco has just been released in paperback ...