- With
- his
- unmatched
- investigative
- skill,
- Bob
- Woodward
- tells
- the
- behind-the-scenes
- story
- of
- how
- President
- George
- W.
- Bush
- and
- his
- top
- national
- security
- advisers,
- after
- the
- initial
- shock
- of
- the
- September
- 11
- attacks,
- led
- the
- nation
- to
- war.
Extensive
- quotations
- from
- the
- secret
- deliberations
- of
- the
- National
- Security
- Council
- --
- and
- firsthand
- revelations
- of
- the
- private
- thoughts,
- concerns
- and
- fears
- of
- the
- president
- and
- his
- war
- cabinet
- --
- make
- Bush
- at
- War
- an
- unprecedented
- chronicle
- of
- a
- modern
- presidency
- in
- time
- of
- grave
- crisis.
Based
- on
- interviews
- with
- more
- than
- a
- hundred
- sources
- and
- four
- hours
- of
- exclusive
- interviews
- with
- the
- president,
- Bush
- at
- War
- reveals
- Bush's
- sweeping,
- almost
- grandiose,
- vision
- for
- remaking
- the
- world.
- "I'm
- not
- a
- textbook
- player,
- I'm
- a
- gut
- player,"
- the
- president
- said.
Woodward's
- virtual
- wiretap
- into
- the
- White
- House
- Situation
- Room
- reveals
- a
- stunning
- group
- portrait
- of
- an
- untested
- president
- and
- his
- advisers,
- three
- of
- whom
- might
- themselves
- have
- made
- it
- to
- the
- presidency.
Vice
- President
- Dick
- Cheney,
- taciturn
- but
- hard-line,
- always
- pressing
- for
- more
- urgency
- in
- Afghanistan
- and
- toward
- Iraq.
Secretary
- of
- State
- Colin
- Powell,
- the
- cautious
- diplomat
- and
- loyal
- soldier,
- tasked
- with
- building
- an
- international
- coalition
- in
- an
- administration
- prone
- to
- unilateralism.
Defense
- Secretary
- Donald
- Rumsfeld,
- the
- brainy
- agitator
- and
- media
- star
- who
- led
- the
- military
- through
- Afghanistan
- and,
- he
- hopes,
- through
- Iraq.
National
- security
- adviser
- Condoleezza
- Rice,
- the
- ever-present
- troubleshooter
- who
- surprisingly
- emerges
- as
- perhaps
- the
- president's
- most
- important
- adviser.
Bush
- at
- War
- includes
- a
- vivid
- portrait
- of
- CIA
- director
- George
- Tenet,
- ready
- and
- eager
- for
- covert
- action
- against
- terrorists
- in
- Afghanistan
- and
- worldwide.
- It
- follows
- a
- CIA
- paramilitary
- team
- leader
- on
- a
- covert
- mission
- inside
- Afghanistan
- to
- pay
- off
- assets
- and
- buy
- friends
- with
- millions
- in
- U.S.
- currency
- carried
- in
- giant
- suitcases.
In
- Bush
- at
- War,
- Bob
- Woodward
- once
- again
- delivers
- a
- reporting
- tour
- de force.
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