The War Within : A Secret White House History 2006-2008 by Bob Woodward (2008...

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Very Good: An item that is used but still in very good condition. No damage to the jewel case or ...
ISBN
9781416558972
EAN
9781416558972
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1416558977
ISBN-13
9781416558972
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64346504

Product Key Features

Book Title
War Within : a Secret White House History 2006-2008
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Public Policy / Military Policy, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Bob Woodward
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
25.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-277139
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
973.931092
Synopsis
"As violence in Iraq reaches unnerving levels in 2006, a second front in the war rages at the highest levels of the Bush administration. In his fourth book on President George W. Bush, Bob Woodward takes readers deep inside the tensions, secret debates, unofficial backchannels, distrust and determination within the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, the intelligence agencies and the U.S. military headquarters in Iraq. With unparalleled intimacy and detail, this gripping account of a president at war describes a period of distress and uncertainty within the U.S. government from 2006 through mid-2008." "The White House launches a secret strategy review that excludes the military. General George Casey, the commander in Iraq, believes that President Bush does not understand the war and eventually concludes he has lost the president's confidence. The Joint Chiefs of Staff also conduct a secret strategy review that goes nowhere. On the verge of revolt, they worry that the military will be blamed for a failure in Iraq." "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice strongly opposes a surge of additional U.S. forces and confronts the president, who replies that her suggestions would lead to failure. The president keeps his decision to fire Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld from Vice President Dick Cheney until two days before he announces it. A retired Army general uses his high-level contacts to shape decisions about the war, as Bush and Cheney use him to deliver sensitive messages outside the chain of command." "For months, the administration's strategy reviews continue in secret, with no deadline and no hurry, in part because public disclosure would harm Republicans in the November 2006 elections. National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley tells Rice, "We've got to do it under the radar screen because the electoral season is so hot."" "The War Within provides an exhaustive account of the struggles of General David Petraeus, who takes over in Iraq during one of the bleakest and most violent periods of the war. It reveals how breakthroughs in military operations and surveillance account for much of the progress as violence in Iraq plummets in the middle of 2007." "Woodward interviewed key players, obtained dozens of never-before-published documents, and had nearly three hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush. The result is a stunning, firsthand history of the years from mid-2006, when the White House realizes the Iraq strategy is not working, through the decision to surge another 30,000 U.S. troops in 2007, and into mid-2008, when the war becomes a fault line in the presidential election." "The War Within addresses head-on questions of leadership, not just in war but in how we are governed and the dangers of unwarranted secrecy."--BOOK JACKET.
LC Classification Number
DS79.76.W663 2008

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