Thomas E. Ricks

Making the Corps

by Thomas E. Ricks

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 visits the front...

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005

by Thomas E. Ricks

Coming from The Penguin Press in February 2009, Thomas E. Ricks's The Gamble

Thomas E. Ricks 's #1 New York Times bestseller, Fiasco, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq. Now Ricks has picked...

The Unraveling: An Update to The Gamble (A Penguin Group eSpecial from Penguin Books)

by Thomas E. Ricks

In this timely supplement to his 2009 New York Times bestseller The Gamble, Thomas E. Ricks reveals how the Iraq war has changed and how the national conversation has shifted since the time of writing. This...

The Gamble

by Thomas E. Ricks

Thomas E. Rick's news-breaking follow up to the #1 New York TimesFiasco

Now updated to fully document the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005, The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency...

The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today

by Thomas E. Ricks

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 Iraq

History has been kind to the American generals of World War II—Marshall,...

A Soldier's Duty: A Novel

by Thomas E. Ricks

Majors Cindy Sherman and Bud Lewis are the best young combat officers the army has, and they’ve both been tapped for plum positions as aides-de-camp for two of the Pentagon’s most senior generals. The Pentagon...