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Review: The Gamble: General Petraeus and the Untold Story of the American Surge in Iraq by Thomas E Ricks | Books | The Guardian
But the US authorities were not the only ones practising it. On the contrary, American tactics were in part successful precisely because the Iraqis were also getting their act together. This is one of the major gaps in Ricks's account, since the strong US focus tends to ignore both Iraqi political realignments and the changes in Iran's handling of its Iraqi concerns. Both developments were opening up new possibilities in Iraqi politics, but in Ricks's book Iraqis only figure when they are being bludgeoned, bribed or goaded by the Americans.
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