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State of Denial; Bush at War, Part III
by Woodward, Bob
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0743272234
- ISBN 13
- 9780743272230
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Lisa Berg (Author photograph) and Larry Downing (B. xiv, 560 pages. Illustrations. Sources. Index. Signed by the author on the fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Small crease in rear DJ flap. Woodward's book on the Bush White House again provides an unparalleled, intimate account of the present state of national security decision-making. Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor there. While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein; the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. The work of Woodward and Bernstein was called "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time" by longtime journalism figure Gene Roberts. Woodward continued to work for The Washington Post after his reporting on Watergate. He has since written 18 books on American politics, 13 of which topped bestseller lists. State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III was originally due to be published October 2, 2006 (but unexpectedly released two days early by the publisher due to demand), that examines how the George W. Bush administration managed the Iraq War after the 2003 invasion. It follows Woodward's previous books on the Bush administration, Bush at War and Plan of Attack. Based on interviews with a number of people in the Bush administration, the book makes a number of allegations about the administration. "Insurgents and terrorists retain the resources and capabilities to sustain and even increase current level of violence through the next year.'' This was the secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006. The forecast of a more violent 2007 in Iraq contradicted the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush, including one, two days earlier, when he said we were at a ''turning point" that history would mark as the time "the forces of terror began their long retreat." State of Denial examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Two days after the May report, the Pentagon told Congress, in a report required by law, that the "appeal and motivation for continued violent action will begin to wane in early 2007." In this detailed inside story of a war-torn White House, Bob Woodward reveals how White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, with the indirect support of other high officials, tried for 18 months to get Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld replaced. The president and Vice President Cheney refused. At the beginning of Bush's second term, Stephen Hadley, who replaced Condoleezza Rice as national security adviser, gave the administration a 'D minus' on implementing its policies. A secret report to the new Secretary of State Rice from her counselor stated that, nearly two years after the invasion, Iraq was a "failed state." The book reveals that at the urging of Cheney and Rumsfeld, the most frequent outside visitor and Iraq adviser to President Bush is former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who, haunted still by the loss in Vietnam, emerges as a hidden and potent voice. Woodward reveals that the secretary of defense himself believes that the system of coordination among departments and agencies is broken, and in a secret May 1, 2006 memo Rumsfeld stated, that "the current system of government makes competence next to impossible." State of Denial answers the core questions: What happened after the invasion of Iraq? Why? How does Bush make decisions and manage a war that he chose to define his presidency? And is there an achievable plan for victory?
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State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III is a book by Bob Woodward, originally due to be published October 2 2006 (but unexpectedly released two days early by the publisher due to demand), that examines how the George W. Bush administration mismanaged the Iraq War after the 2003 invasion. It follows Woodward's previous books on the Bush administration, Bush at War and Plan of Attack.
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- Title
- State of Denial; Bush at War, Part III
- Author
- Woodward, Bob
- Illustrator
- Lisa Berg (Author photograph) and Larry Downing (B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0743272234
- ISBN 13
- 9780743272230
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Abizaid, al Qaeda, Richard Armitage, Bindar bin Sultan, Robert Blackwill, Paul Bremer, Andrew Card, Dick Cheney, Vern Clark, Tommy Franks, Douglas Feith, Jay Garner, Stephen Hadley, Rumsfeld, Henry Kissinger, Peter Pace, Colin Powell, Terrorism
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