Hubris, the inside story of spin, scandal, and the selling of the Iraq War, Michael Isikoff and David Corn
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Hubris, the inside story of spin, scandal, and the selling of the Iraq War, Michael Isikoff and David Corn
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-444) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Hubris
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
70831045
Responsibility statement
Michael Isikoff and David Corn
Sub title
the inside story of spin, scandal, and the selling of the Iraq War
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 of intrigue that connects the dots between George W. Bush's expletive-laden outbursts at Saddam Hussein, the bitter battles between the CIA and the White House, the fights within the intelligence community over Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, the startling influence of an obscure academic on top government officials, the real reason Valerie Plame was outed, and a top reporter's ties to wily Iraqi exiles trying to start a war.--From publisher description
Table Of Contents
A warning at the White House -- The new product -- A speech and a spy at the United Nations -- One strange theory -- The Niger caper -- The secret diggers -- A tale of two sources -- Bent with the wind -- A secret in the Nevada desert -- The final pitch -- Best-laid plans -- The missing weapons -- The leaking begins -- Seven days in July -- A cover blown -- The incurious president -- The investigation begins -- The prosecutor versus the press -- The final showdown -- Afterword: no regrets
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- Bush, George W., George Walker, 1946-
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
- Political corruption -- United States
- Scandals -- United States
- Press and politics -- United States
- Pride and vanity + Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- Spin doctors -- United States
- Public relations and politics -- United States
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 + Causes
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- Bush, George W., George Walker, 1946-
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
- Political corruption -- United States
- Scandals -- United States
- Press and politics -- United States
- Pride and vanity + Political aspects -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- Spin doctors -- United States
- Public relations and politics -- United States
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 + Causes
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