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American empire projectGore, Albert
Summary: "At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the 2004 presidential campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.931 GORUnger, Craig.
Contents: Oedipus Tex -- Redeemer nation -- Birth of the neocons -- The foreshadowing -- Into the fray -- The prodigal son -- The age of unreason -- First son -- The righteous assassin -- Ripe for the plucking -- Dog whistle politics -- Grandmaster Cheney -- Cheney's gambit -- In the shadows -- Fear : the marketing campaign -- The good soldier -- Season of mirth -- An angel directs the storm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 UNGCafferty, Jack.
Summary: A popular CNN commentator examines the lives and actions of powerful individuals who have damaged America, discussing such topics as corporate scandals, constitutional crises, lobbyist misdoings, illegal immigration, ethics reform, and the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 CAFDraper, 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 DRAMcClellan, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 MCCWoodward, Bob.
Summary: Bob Woodward offers an analysis of the Bush Administration. He discloses secret plans, conversations, and meetings held with political leaders that directly influenced the war in Iraq.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Audioworks 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.931 WOOSummary: Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11, and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward a ruthless agenda.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FAHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD FAHBugliosi, Vincent.
Summary: Prosecutor argues there is overwhelming evidence President Bush took the nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses and must be held accountable for what he considers to be monumental crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BUGByrd, Robert C.
Summary: A fifty-year veteran of Congress presents a cautionary argument against Bush administration practices that disrupt the balance of governmental power, limit public participation in decision-making, and compromise privacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 BYRDowd, Maureen.
Summary: The columnist discusses the Bush dynasty and the people surrounding the administration, including Cheney, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld, Rice, Rove, Wolfowitz, and Perle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.931 DOWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 DOWGreenwald, Glenn.
Summary: Proposes that a creeping extremism has taken hold of the federal government and, to remain true to America's founding principles, argues that society must fight against the president's unlimited and unchecked powers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Working Assets Pub. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 GREIsikoff, 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 ISISummary: Traces the political history and career of Karl Rove--a man who has been on the inside of every political and policy decision of George W. Bush's administration, including the battles on Social Security, taxes, and tort reform.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2005
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KARChomsky, Noam.
Summary: The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and therefore a danger to its own people and the world. "Failed states," Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.7 CHOGore, Albert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.931 GORWoodward, Bob
Summary: Outlines the Bush administration's intricate decision-making process that is influencing the war in Iraq and defining the president's final years in office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008