Veteran Washington reporter Bob
Woodward continues to shine his lamp into the shadows of U.S. political life. Woodward has an uncanny ability to present a point of view without appearing biased, perhaps because he approaches truth with a complex worldview and eschews viewing individual leaders as either particularly good or evil. Although you may not want to hear what he learned, Woodward interviewed more than 75 officials directly involved in the war on terrorism, including spending three and a half hours with President Bush. He found out that Bush considered, and then planned, war in
Iraq long before voters knew, and that his chief advisors debated it vigorously.
Right or
wrong, he seems to say, Bush’s pivotal team members - Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Franks - were entirely earnest. getAbstract.com strongly recommends this book to anyone who wonders how the U.S. became the proud new owner of all of Iraq’s problems. It gives you a breathtaking behind-the-scenes understanding of the decisions, for good or ill, that led to America’s second war against Saddam.