{"product_id":"mission-accomplished-or-how-we-won-the-war-in-iraq-9781416569930","title":"Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq","description":"Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq is the definitive collection -- systematically categorized, indexed, and footnoted for your convenience -- of authoritative misinformation, disinformation, misunderstanding, miscalculation, egregious prognostication, boo-boos, and just plain lies, about the Iraq War. \"Never before has such a large and diverse group of experts been so unanimously in favor of a particular national policy as they were in the case of the U.S. invasion of Iraq,\" note Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky, who, as co-founders of the Institute of Expertology, the nation's leading purveyor of expertise on expertise, were uniquely qualified to assemble this impressive collection. \"In the face of such a consensus, we had no choice but to ask ourselves, 'Could the iron law of expertology -- the experts are never right -- be wrong?'\" At once an entertainment, a cautionary tale, a critique of mass media, a reference tool, and a postwar manifesto, Mission Accomplished! presents, as no book has before, the collective wisdom of all those who are presumed to know what they talking about on the subject of America's adventure in Iraq. As this hilarious, yet depressing, volume demonstrates, they don't. From MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! \"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.\" -- President George W. Bush, May 1, 2003 \"[Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces.\" -- L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, November 17, 2003 \"Military action will not last more than a week.\" -- Bill O'Reilly, The O'Reilly Factor, January 23, 2003 \"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.\" -- President George W. Bush, at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, December 10, 2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Cerf,Victor S. Navasky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.10w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416569930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2007 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Cerf\u003c\/b\u003e is an Emmy and Grammy award-winning author, composer, and producer. A charter contributing\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eeditor of the \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e, Cerf has written more than 300 songs for \u003ci\u003eSesame Street\u003c\/i\u003e and co-edited the celebrated newspaper parody \u003ci\u003eNot The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor S. Navasky\u003c\/b\u003e is the publisher emeritus of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and chairman of \u003ci\u003eThe Columbia Journalism Review.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of the National Book Award-winner \u003ci\u003eNaming Names\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Opinion.\u003c\/i\u003e In 1984, with Mr. Cerf, he cofounded the Institute of Expertology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Grossman's\u003c\/b\u003e illustrations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Nation, The New Yorker, The New York Observer, Rolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44459571708019,"sku":"9781416569930","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_abbe3586-c175-4efe-90e6-e475ad804da1.jpg?v=1773840093","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mission-accomplished-or-how-we-won-the-war-in-iraq-9781416569930","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}