Format:
XIV, 560 S., [16] S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0743272234
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9780743272230
Content:
A secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006 forecasted a more violent 2007 in Iraq, contradicting the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush. This book examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. In this detailed inside story of a war-torn White House, Woodward 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?--From publisher description
Content:
"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
Content:
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."" "State of Denial reveals that at the urging of Vice President 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, "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?" "Bob Woodward's third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative - from the fir
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Bush, George W. 1946-
;
Golfkrieg
;
Bush, George W. 1946-
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Regierung
;
Internationaler Terrorismus
;
Bekämpfung
;
Politische Entscheidung
;
USA
;
Außenpolitik
;
Golfkrieg
;
Geschichte 2000-2006
;
USA Präsident
;
Golfkrieg
;
Politische Entscheidung
;
Historische Darstellung
Author information:
Woodward, Bob 1943-
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