The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's FutureSimon and Schuster, 2007 M11 13 - 368 pages The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy decision in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. How did this happen? Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and until now this story has never been fully told. From Craig Unger, the author of the bestseller House of Bush, House of Saud, comes a comprehensive, deeply sourced, and chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the most vital safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East that is getting worse day by day. Among the powerful revelations in this book:
A seasoned, award-winning investigative reporter connected to many back-channel political and intelligence sources, Craig Unger knows how to get the big story -- and this one is his most explosive yet. Through scores of interviews with figures in the Christian Right, the neoconservative movement, the Bush administration, and sources close to the Bush family, as well as intelligence agents in the CIA, the Pentagon, and Israel, Unger shows how the Bush administration's certainty that it could bend history to its will has carried America into the disastrous war in Iraq, dooming Bush's presidency to failure and costing America thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. Far from ensuring our security, the Iraq War will be seen as a great strategic pivot point in history that could ignite wider war in the Middle East, particularly in Iran. Provocative, timely, and disturbing, The Fall of the House of Bush stands as the most comprehensive and dramatic account of how and why George W. Bush took America to war in Iraq. |
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... Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said, “could turn the whole region into a cauldron and, thus, destroy the war on terrorism.”15 A few days later, former secretary of state James Baker, who had carefully assembled the massive coalition ...
... Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he said, “could turn the whole region into a cauldron and, thus, destroy the war on terrorism.”15 A few days later, former secretary of state James Baker, who had carefully assembled the massive coalition ...
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... Israeli security and replacing rogue regimes in the Middle East with friendly, pro-Western allies, the war had turned Iraq into a terrorist training ground. By eliminating Saddam Hussein, the United States had sparked a Sunni-Shi'ite ...
... Israeli security and replacing rogue regimes in the Middle East with friendly, pro-Western allies, the war had turned Iraq into a terrorist training ground. By eliminating Saddam Hussein, the United States had sparked a Sunni-Shi'ite ...
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... Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rice seemed to agree. “How are we going to present this to the president?” she asked Scowcroft.26 “Not we,” replied Scowcroft. “You.” He emphasized that only she was in a position to get Bush to change his ...
... Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rice seemed to agree. “How are we going to present this to the president?” she asked Scowcroft.26 “Not we,” replied Scowcroft. “You.” He emphasized that only she was in a position to get Bush to change his ...
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... Israeli-Palestinian interaction each have their own dynamic, and we are not making a new linkage between the two issues,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack announced.32 “Nothing in Philip's remarks should be interpreted as ...
... Israeli-Palestinian interaction each have their own dynamic, and we are not making a new linkage between the two issues,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack announced.32 “Nothing in Philip's remarks should be interpreted as ...
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... Israeli right and Rapturite fundamentalists from the Bible Belt; leaders of the Christian Right in Lynchburg, Virginia; neoconservative ideologues in Washington think tanks; CIA intelligence operatives in Langley, Virginia, and their ...
... Israeli right and Rapturite fundamentalists from the Bible Belt; leaders of the Christian Right in Lynchburg, Virginia; neoconservative ideologues in Washington think tanks; CIA intelligence operatives in Langley, Virginia, and their ...
Contents
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Into the Fray | 63 |
The Prodigal Son | 79 |
The Age of Unreason | 99 |
First Son | 119 |
Cheneys Gambit | 195 |
In the Shadows | 215 |
Fear The Marketing Campaign | 245 |
The Good Soldier | 273 |
Season of Mirth | 297 |
An Angel Directs the Storm | 325 |
The Obama Factor | 353 |
Acknowledgments | 373 |
The Righteous Assassin | 131 |
Ripe for the Plucking | 145 |
Dog Whistle Politics | 159 |
Grandmaster Cheney | 181 |
Notes | 377 |
Bibliography | 429 |
Index | 439 |
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