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An edition of State of denial (2006)

State of denial

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"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."" "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 first days George W. Bush thought seriously about running for president through the recruitment of his national security team, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the struggle for political survival in the second term."--BOOK JACKET

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Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
560

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State of denial
2007, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
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State of denial
2006, Simon & Schuster
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Edition Notes

"Gift of Diane Parker"--Bookplate.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-522) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
E903.3 .W67 2006, E903.3.W67 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 560 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
560

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15983424M
Internet Archive
stateofdenial00wood
ISBN 10
0743272234
ISBN 13
9780743272230
LCCN
2006285190
OCLC/WorldCat
71791999
Library Thing
1642845
Goodreads
27506

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