Product Details
Scribner, November 2007
eBook, 368 pages
ISBN-10: 1416553592
ISBN-13: 9781416553595
Description
How Did This Happen?
The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy fiasco in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and this story has never been fully told, until now.
From Craig Unger, the author of the bestseller House of Bush, House of Saud, comes a comprehensive, deeply sourced, and chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the most vital safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East that is getting worse day by day.
Craig Unger knows how to get the big story -- and this one is his most explosive yet. Through scores of interviews with figures in the Christian Right, the neoconservative movement, the Bush administration, and sources close to the Bush family, as well as intelligence agents in the CIA, the Pentagon, and Israel, Unger has assembled the most comprehensive, provocative, and dramatic account of how and why George W. Bush took America to war in Iraq.
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"Unger succeeds in...detailing the business interests and personal friendships that evolved between the Bush family's inner circle and the Saudi elite.... [He] does an admirable job revealing how extensively the Bushes parlayed family connections into wealth and power, describing the too cozy interplay of public policy, political opportunity, and economic gain.... An impressive job."
-- The New York Times
"Cautious and elemental...with great care [Unger] has synthesized these scattered reports into a narrative that is as chilling as it is gripping. The book builds a momentum of discovery that makes it impossible to stop reading."
-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Revealing...This book should be mandatory reading for every member of any 9/11 investigation panel -- even the one appointed by the president.... Intensely researched and well-documented...illuminating, disturbing...skillfully packaged ...meticulously referenced."
-- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Unger fruitfully probes the ambiguous -- and fatally compromised -- Saudi-American relationship spanning two decades.... It's must-reading for anyone who wishes to understand the origins of 9/11 and America's precarious position in the world today."
-- The New York Observer
"Craig Unger has done America and the world a huge favor by clearly and precisely documenting how the Bush inner circle is in the very deep pockets of the brutal Saudi dictators."
-- Michael Moore
Craig Unger's Books
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American ArmageddonCraig Unger’s chilling account of how neoconservatives and the Christian Right led the US into a geopolitical disaster in the Middle EastRead More -
House of Bush, House of SaudHow did the Bushes, America's most powerful political family, become gradually seduced by and entangled with their Saudi counterparts?Why did the Bush...Read More
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