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Bush, George W. (George Walker) 1946- Bush, George W. (George Walker) 1946- Political and social views Conservatism United States Pride and vanity Political aspects United States United States Foreign relations 2001- United States Foreign relations Philosophy United States Politics and government 2001- United States Politics and government 2001-2009 War on Terrorism, 2001- World politics 1989-Woodward, Bob
Summary: The definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Based on interviews with 75 key participants and more than 3 1/2 hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 956.7044 WOODean, John W. (John Wesley)
Summary: "Former White House counsel & bestselling author John Dean reveals how the Bush White House has set America back decades; employing a worldview & tactics of deception that he claims will do more damage to the nation than Nixon at his worst. No author or commentator possesses such unique knowledge of Bush's presidential ploys & their striking comparisons to Nixon's, an irresitible hook for an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 DEAJarecki, Eugene.
Summary: In the sobering aftermath of America's invasion of Iraq, documentarian Jarecki launches a penetrating inquiry into how forces within the American political, economic, and military systems have come to undermine the carefully crafted structure of our republic--upsetting its balance of powers, vastly strengthening the hand of the president in taking the nation to war, and imperiling the workings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 JARBuchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph)
Summary: The conservative political thinker forecasts America's social and cultural collapse as he describes how current policies will cause a permanent loss of American sovereignty and independence and the impact of substituting ideology for true faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.93 BUCCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 BUCIsikoff, Michael.
Summary: Written by veteran journalists, this is the inside story of how President Bush took the nation to war using faulty and fraudulent intelligence. It takes us behind the scenes at the Bush White House, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Congress to answer all the vital questions about how the Bush administration came to invade Iraq. Filled with new revelations, Hubris is a narrative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 956.70 ISICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 ISIBegala, Paul.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BEGBeinart, Peter.
Summary: Journalist Beinart offers a new liberal vision, based on principles liberals too often forget: that America's greatness cannot simply be asserted; it must be proved. That to be good, America does not have to be pure. That American leadership is not American empire. And that liberalism cannot merely define itself against the right, but must fervently oppose the totalitarianism that blighted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 BEIBlumenthal, Sidney
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BLURich, Frank.
Summary: Reveals the spin campaign of the Bush administration that the author contends enabled the support of a war against a non-September 11 enemy, furthered conservative agendas, and consolidated presidential power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 RICSuskind, Ron.
Summary: A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of "The Price of Loyalty" and "The One Percent Doctrine" returns with an election year account of the looming national security crisis that America faces right now.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SUSBarnett, Thomas P. M.
Contents: Preface: The shape of things to come -- The seven deadly sins of Bush-Cheney -- A twelve-step recovery program for American grand strategy -- The American trajectory: of great men and great powers -- The economic realignment: racing to the bottom of the pyramid -- The diplomatic realignment: rebranding the team of rivals -- The security realignment: rediscovering diplomacy, defense, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 BARBerman, Morris
Contents: Liquid modernity -- Economy, technology -- The home and the world -- Pax Americana -- Axis of resentment: Iran, Iraq, and Israel -- The meaning of 9/11 -- The roads not taken -- The state of the union -- Empire falls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BERBacevich, Andrew J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.02 BACSchlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 327.16 SCHHagel, Charles Timothy
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.93 HAGFriedman, Thomas L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 FRISammon, Bill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SAMDraper, Robert.
Summary: In this press-wary administration, journalist Draper has accomplished a small miracle: He has knocked on all the right doors, and thus become the first author to tell a personality-driven history of the Bush years. With access to all the key figures of this administration and perhaps 200 other players, Draper delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered administration,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.93 DRABarnes, Fred
Summary: Veteran political reporter Barnes provides an insider's view of how Bush's unique presidential style and bold reforms are dramatically remaking the country--and, indeed, the world. In the process, Barnes shows, the president is shaking up Washington and reshaping the conservative movement. Barnes has gained extraordinary access to the Bush administration, conducting rare one-on-one interviews...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BARFriedman, George.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.73 FRIMcClellan, Scott
Summary: The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.931 MCCSuskind, Ron.
Summary: What is the guiding principle of the world's most powerful nation as it searches for enemies at home and abroad? Who is actually running U.S. foreign policy? The story begins on September 12, 2001, as America began to gather itself for a response to the unimaginable. Journalist Suskind tells us what actually occurred over the next three years, from the inside out, by tracing the steps of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 SUSSteyn, Mark.
Summary: In his first major book, concervative columnist Steyn takes on the anti-Americanism that fuels both Old Europe and radical Islam. America, Steyn argues, will have to stand alone. The future, Steyn shows, belongs to the fecund and the confident. The Islamists are both, while the West--wedded to a multiculturalism that undercuts its own confidence, a welfare state that nudges it toward sloth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4827 STEMcClellan, Scott.
Summary: The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2008