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Written by the principle military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is actually the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq.A sensational work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency that followed. As Gordon and Trainor show, the brutal aftermath was not inevitable and was a surprise to the generals on both sides. Based on access to unseen documents and exclusive interviews with the women and men in the centre of the war, Cobra II provides firsthand accounts of the fighting on the ground and the high-level planning behind the scenes. Now with a new afterword that addresses what transpired after the fateful events of the summertime of 2003, this is a peerless re-creation and analysis of the central event of our times.