Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism from Inside the Bush White House

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Regnery Publishing, 1 сент. 2002 г. - Всего страниц: 256
George W., this one's for you. In Washington Times correspondent Sammon's inside account of the Bush administration's reaction to 9-11 and the resultant war on terror, readers are tendered a breathless, highly complimentary portrait of the president and an overly simplistic moral tale about the great merit and unwavering moral vision of his inner circle. What could be an extremely interesting if one-sided account is often undercut by Sammon's penchant for editorializing (Bush was "more directly affected than most Americans by the attacks themselves"; Osama bin Laden "giggled" when speaking about the attacks; and the president often "twinkles" when he speaks) and novelizing (Bush "never thought he would be so relieved to see the White House again. He scanned the magnificent curve of the South Portico...He gazed at the Rose Garden"). Nor does Sammon seem to appreciate the irony of quoting some of the president's less eloquent statements, such as: "The role of a president is to seek great objectives for the country, big goals." Sammon, author of the bestselling At Any Cost, largely writes for the converted, so the intended audience for this volume will no doubt love it. Those more skeptical of the government's policies, however, will find his narrative more hagiography than history, and will want to wait for Bob Woodward's forthcoming Bush at War, which covers the same territory from a different angle.

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This Had Better Be Good
9
In Over His Head
53
Bifurcation
83
The Evildoer vs Head of International Infidels
137
The Middle Hour of Our Grief
153
I Scammed My Way In
169
I Can Hear You
183
The Hour Is Coming
199
Osama Unplugged
279
Wrong Wrong Wrong
289
George Bushs Recession
319
Bob Beckwith Celebrity
333
Bush Knew
351
How Great Presidents Are Made
367
Acknowledgments
385
Index
387

We Will Not Tire
221
The Press Tires
239

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