"A ... chronicle of the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerrilla war, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy ... It features candid interviews with high-ranking officials ... as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, intelligence officers, and prominent analysts... Together, these voices reveal the principal errors of U.S. policy -- using insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, purging professionals from the Iraq government, and disbanding the Iraqi military -- errors that largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. The book brings the movie up-to-date by evaluating the military's recent 'surge' tactic as well as current administration policy. It concludes with a wide-ranging debate on the crucial question: what do we do now?"--P. [4] of cover.

This book features interviews that expand upon, and bring up to date, the 2007 documentary "No End in Sight." Includes chronology of the war in Iraq.

Pt. I. Preparation and invasion -- 1. War -- 2. Prewar planning -- 3. ORHA -- 4. The looting -- Pt. II. Occupation -- 5. Bremer begins -- 6. One fateful decision : the disbanding of the Iraqi military -- 7. The police, crime, and the security vacuum -- 8. The civilian occupation and the CPA -- 9. Insurgency, militias, and sectarian violence -- 10. The military occupation -- Pt. III. Where do we go from here? -- 11. Consequences -- 12. Current and future U.S. policy in Iraq -- Epilogue. Reflections -- A brief history of Iraq before the war -- Timeline of the war in Iraq -- Contributors and key actors -- Statistical graphs.