State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III

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Présentation de l'éditeur 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. Revue de presse 'His new book, which is shaking the White House with its revelations of a dysfunctional presidency that ignored the truth about Iraq' front page serialisation, News Review, Sunday Times 8/10 ‘It provokes reflection as well as incredulity: failure is so much more instructive than success’ Observer 15/10 'This devastating book reveals just what an utter catastrophe the Anglo-American military invasion and occupation of Iraq since March 2003 turned out to be from the very beginning' Tribune 3/11 'Essential reading to anyone interested in the skeins of fact and fiction weaved by both the American and British administrations over their botched adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan' Evening Standard 13/11 ‘What Woodward does convey extremely well is a political community in which major foreign policy decisions are made in the light of purely American considerations, with remarkably little information about the rest of the world. The problem about the invasion of Iraq is that it was conceived by men who knew no history but their own, and not much of that’ Spectator 4/11 Simon Jenkins choice ‘Sensational, for its access to senior players and its setting out the full discord within Washington’s war leadership’ Times Literary Supplement 30/11 Stephen Howe’s choice Independent 1/12 'After two admiring books about the White House's conduct of the Iraq war, Watergate reporter Woodward depicts the President's team as clueless, dysfunctional bumblers. A bit late, but Woodward's account of inter-office warfare is riveting' Financial Times Books of the Year 9/12 'Histories of the very recent past blur, without obvious demarcation lines, into "histories of the present" - more often written by journalists, or sometimes leading participants. By far the largest clutch of these during 2006 has inevitably been on the "war against terror" and especially the conflict in Iraq. In another few years, many will probably be forgotten and others seen more as sources to be quarried selectively for titbits. But some are likely to last when analysts learn, with a touch of surprise, that certain "instant histories" are much better than more leisured productions. Such, one might guess, may well be the case with Bob Woodward's books on Bush's adventures in Iraq - most recently, STATE OF DENIAL’ Independent 1/12 Simon Jenkins’ choice 'Woodward's State of Denial is the more sensational, for its access to senior players and its setting out the full discord within Washington's war leadership' TLS 1/12 'Watergate journalist Bob Woodward offered a chunky indictment of the Bush administration in State of Denial' Metro 13/12 'Though Woodward avoids committing himself on whether America had a case for invading Iraq, his comprehensively detailed criticism of the aftermath deals a devastating blow to the US Afficher moins Afficher plus
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Présentation de l'éditeur 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. Revue de presse 'His new book, which is shaking the White House with its revelations of a dysfunctional presidency that ignored the truth about Iraq' front page serialisation, News Review, Sunday Times 8/10 ‘It provokes reflection as well as incredulity: failure is so much more instructive than success’ Observer 15/10 'This devastating book reveals just what an utter catastrophe the Anglo-American military invasion and occupation of Iraq since March 2003 turned out to be from the very beginning' Tribune 3/11 'Essential reading to anyone interested in the skeins of fact and fiction weaved by both the American and British administrations over their botched adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan' Evening Standard 13/11 ‘What Woodward does convey extremely well is a political community in which major foreign policy decisions are made in the light of purely American considerations, with remarkably little information about the rest of the world. The problem about the invasion of Iraq is that it was conceived by men who knew no history but their own, and not much of that’ Spectator 4/11 Simon Jenkins choice ‘Sensational, for its access to senior players and its setting out the full discord within Washington’s war leadership’ Times Literary Supplement 30/11 Stephen Howe’s choice Independent 1/12 'After two admiring books about the White House's conduct of the Iraq war, Watergate reporter Woodward depicts the President's team as clueless, dysfunctional bumblers. A bit late, but Woodward's account of inter-office warfare is riveting' Financial Times Books of the Year 9/12 'Histories of the very recent past blur, without obvious demarcation lines, into "histories of the present" - more often written by journalists, or sometimes leading participants. By far the largest clutch of these during 2006 has inevitably been on the "war against terror" and especially the conflict in Iraq. In another few years, many will probably be forgotten and others seen more as sources to be quarried selectively for titbits. But some are likely to last when analysts learn, with a touch of surprise, that certain "instant histories" are much better than more leisured productions. Such, one might guess, may well be the case with Bob Woodward's books on Bush's adventures in Iraq - most recently, STATE OF DENIAL’ Independent 1/12 Simon Jenkins’ choice 'Woodward's State of Denial is the more sensational, for its access to senior players and its setting out the full discord within Washington's war leadership' TLS 1/12 'Watergate journalist Bob Woodward offered a chunky indictment of the Bush administration in State of Denial' Metro 13/12 'Though Woodward avoids committing himself on whether America had a case for invading Iraq, his comprehensively detailed criticism of the aftermath deals a devastating blow to the US Afficher moins Afficher plus
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