With his unmatched investigative skill, Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers led the nation to war.

Author: Bob Woodward

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781471104695

Category: Social Science

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With his unmatched investigative skill, Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers led the nation to war. Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council and firsthand revelations of the private thoughts, concerns and fears of the president and his war cabinet, make BUSH AT WAR an unprecedented chronicle of a modern presidency in a time of grave crisis. Based on interviews with more than a hundred sources and four hours of exclusive interviews with the president, BUSH AT WAR reveals Bush's sweeping, almost grandiose vision for remaking the world. Woodward's virtual wiretap into the White House Situation Room reveals a stunning group portrait of an untested president and his advisers, three of whom might themselves have made it to the presidency. In BUSH AT WAR, Bob Woodward once again delivers a reporting tour de force.

Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand the lies and secrets behind the Iraq War • Expand your knowledge of American politics and international relations To learn more, read "State of Denial" and discover how the Bush ...

Author: BusinessNews Publishing

Publisher: Primento

ISBN: 9782511001660

Category: Political Science

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The must-read summary of Bob Woodward's book: “State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III”. This complete summary of "State of Denial" by Bob Woodward, a renowned investigative journalist, outlines the author's sweeping narrative on how Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand the lies and secrets behind the Iraq War • Expand your knowledge of American politics and international relations To learn more, read "State of Denial" and discover how the Bush administration deceived many people to lead the military to war in Iraq.

2, Remarks to Reporters at Camp David, September 15, 2001, 1111–12. 50 G. W. Bush, Decision Points, 188. 51 Woodward, Bush at War, 78. 52 Terry H. Anderson, Bush's Wars (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 76. 53 Woodward, Bush at ...

Author: Jean Edward Smith

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781476741208

Category: Biography & Autobiography

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A biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself--most in invading Iraq--and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious faith.

Online at 〈www.defenselink.mil/Transcripts/archive.aspx〉, accessed 21 November 2006. Woodward, Bob. 2002. Bush at War. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2004. Plan of Attack. New York: Simon & Schuster. Yetiv, Steven A. 2004.

Author: George C Edwards III

Publisher: OUP Oxford

ISBN: 9780191527241

Category: Political Science

Page: 480

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This collection examines the foreign and domestic policies of President George W Bush's administration. The analysis begins with an account of how highly polarized - in terms of public opinion and electoral patterns - this presidency has proved to be (in a chapter by the editors). This is followed by chapters on the use of unilateral executive powers (by Louis Fisher and William Howell) and pre-rogative powers (by Richard Pious). Because the policy choices of the Bush presidency have had such fundamental effects both in domestic policy and in US foreign policy, three contributors (Thomas Langston, John Burke, James Pfiffner) then address the processes of decision making especially in respect to the war against Iraq. How the administration governs by a recurring process of campaigning is examined in chapters on public opinion and war (by Gary Jacobson), the promotional presidency (by Larry Jacobs), mobilizing congressional support for war (by Scott Blinder) and the White House communications system (by Martha Kumar). Finally the way in which the Bush White House relates to congress and the process of building congressional coalitions to enact laws is the subject of chapters on 'executive style' of this administration (by Charles O Jones) and the failure to reform social security (by Fiona Ross). It will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand one of the most controversial administrations in recent years.

Hybel, Power Over Rationality, 27. Quoted in Walter Williams, “Bush's decision defined by ideology,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, (September 28, 2004). Quoted in Woodward, Plan of Attack, 151. Woodward, Bush at War, 255.

Author: A. Hybel

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9780230601147

Category: Political Science

Page: 193

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The authors present a vital analysis of the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a thorough comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to justify their choices.

Bush apparently decided to make this statement without consulting Cheney, Rumsfeld, or Powell. See Woodward, Bush at War, 30. 78. “DoD News Briefing—Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz,” September 13, 2001, ...

Author: Fred I. Greenstein

Publisher: JHU Press

ISBN: 9780801881510

Category: Political Science

Page: 336

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Hult, Gary Jacobson, Charles O. Jones, James Lindsay, Norman Ornstein, and Allen Schick

Few issues have a greater impact on the United States and the world than the president's prerogative to take military action. Presidents at War is the only book that tackles this complex and singularly important subject head on.

Author: Gerald Astor

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Incorporated

ISBN: UOM:39015064888210

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 344

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Explores the historical and geopolitical aspects of presidential power in making war from Presidents Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush.

Here is the behind-the-scenes story of this administration -- meetings, conversations, and memos; conflicts, manoeuvring, and anguish -- as key administration figures provide a full view of the first presidency of the twenty-first century.

Author: Bob Woodward

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

ISBN: 9781847396037

Category: Social Science

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In his unmissable new book Bob Woodward takes the reader on an inside journey from the start of the Iraq War in 2003 right up to the present day, providing a detailed, authoritative account of President Bush's leadership and the struggles among the men and women in the White House, the Pentagon, the CIA and the State Department. With Bush well into his second term, Woodward breaks new ground, as he has in his thirteen previous international bestsellers, including BUSH AT WAR and PLAN OF ATTACK. Woodward puts the Bush legacy in historical context as he shows this presidency in action in a way that is normally seen only years after a chief executive leaves office. He describes how Bush and his team have attempted to change the way that wars are fought, and put together a re-election campaign while re-inventing their strategy for the invasion and occupation of Iraq over and over again. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of this administration -- meetings, conversations, and memos; conflicts, manoeuvring, and anguish -- as key administration figures provide a full view of the first presidency of the twenty-first century.

Amanda Ripley, Sonja Steptoe, Melissa August, Nadia Mustafa, and Maggie Sieger, “Inside the Revolt Over Bush's School Rules,” Time, 9 May 2005,30–33. 11. ... Bob Woodward, Bush at War (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002), 17–18. 19.

Author: Clarke Rountree

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9780313385018

Category: Biography & Autobiography

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George W. Bush served as president of the United States through some of the most pivotal and memorable events in our nation's history, including the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; Hurricane Katrina; and the devastating economic downturn at the end of his second term. It is still too soon to decide how history will judge his administration. Despite suffering much ridicule and scorn for his linguistic gaffes, which became known as "Bushisms," the fact remains that this Yale graduate eventually rose to become a two-term Texas governor and a two-term U.S. president. George W. Bush: A Biography provides a comprehensive view of Bush's life, beginning with his childhood and education, then examining his life as a businessman; his governorships of Texas; his tumultuous, two-term presidency of the United States; and his life after leaving the White House.

I got up there and just spoke” (quoted in Woodward, Bush at War, p. 16). Later, in his second memoir, George W. remembered that in his notes, he had written, “'Terrorism against America will not succeed.' Dad's words must have been ...

Author: John Robert Greene

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

ISBN: 9780700620791

Category: Biography & Autobiography

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After George H. W. Bush lost his re-election bid to Bill Clinton in 1992, John Robert Greene's verdict on the 41st president of the United States was that he "brought no discredit to the office" and "was both patient and prudent. . . mak [ing] few mistakes." In the years since the release of Greene's profile of the senior Bush, deemed by Publishers Weekly, "the essential introduction to Bush's abbreviated, but still consequential, tenure in office," a wealth of materials about Bush's presidency has become available, even as distance has sharpened our perspective on the Bush years. In this significantly expanded second edition of The Presidency of George H. W. Bush, Greene takes full advantage of newly released documents to revisit Bush's term, to consider his post-presidency accomplishment, and to enhance and clarify our understanding of his place in history. Such milestones as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the reunification of Germany, the fall of the Soviet Union, the savings and loan crisis, and the transition to the Clinton administration receive renewed and far more detailed treatment here, as do the ramifications of George H. W. Bush's positions and policies. Greene also devotes ample attention to Bush's post-presidency, including his relationship with his son, President George W. Bush, as well as the development of his close friendship with Bill Clinton. The elder Bush emerges from this reappraisal as a considerably more activist president, with a more activist administration, than was previously assumed. Greene's concise and readable account drawing on the contents of the bush Library, the papers of James A. Baker III, and personal interviews, shows us the 41st president--and thus an important chapter in American history--in a new and more revealing light.