Description
Updated with a new afterword and including a selection of key documents, this is the explosive account of how the Bush administration makes policy on war, taxes, and politics -- its true agenda exposed by a member of the Bush cabinet.
This vivid, unfolding narrative is like no other book that has been written about the Bush presidency. At its core are the candid assessments of former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, the only member of Bush's cabinet to leave and speak frankly about how and why the administration has come to its core policies and decisions -- from cutting taxes for the rich to conducting preemptive war.
O'Neill's account is supported by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind's interviews with numerous participants in the administration, by transcripts of meetings, and by voluminous documents. The result is a disclosure of breadth and depth unparalleled for an ongoing presidency. As readers are taken to the very epicenter of government, Suskind presents an astonishing picture of a president so carefully managed in his public posture that he is a mystery to most Americans. Now, he is revealed.
Author: Ron Suskind
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 09/02/2004
Pages: 409
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.54w x 1.03d
ISBN13: 9780743255462
ISBN10: 0743255461
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government | Executive Branch
- History | United States | 21st Century
- Political Science | American Government | National
This vivid, unfolding narrative is like no other book that has been written about the Bush presidency. At its core are the candid assessments of former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, the only member of Bush's cabinet to leave and speak frankly about how and why the administration has come to its core policies and decisions -- from cutting taxes for the rich to conducting preemptive war.
O'Neill's account is supported by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind's interviews with numerous participants in the administration, by transcripts of meetings, and by voluminous documents. The result is a disclosure of breadth and depth unparalleled for an ongoing presidency. As readers are taken to the very epicenter of government, Suskind presents an astonishing picture of a president so carefully managed in his public posture that he is a mystery to most Americans. Now, he is revealed.
Author: Ron Suskind
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 09/02/2004
Pages: 409
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.54w x 1.03d
ISBN13: 9780743255462
ISBN10: 0743255461
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government | Executive Branch
- History | United States | 21st Century
- Political Science | American Government | National