[extropy-chat] FWD [Skeptic] Re: Bob Woodwards book - Plan of Attack

[Terry W. Colvin]

I recommend the group biography of Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice,
Powell, and Armitage, _The Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's
War Cabinet_ by James Mann (2004).  Excellent book; the author had direct
access to four of the above six (all except Cheney and Rumsfeld).

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On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 08:42:42PM -0700, Terry W. Colvin fwded:
> I just finished reading Bob Woodwards book _Plan of Attack_  I'd heard that
> both the Bush and Kerry campaigns were supportive of it and thought that
> Bob Woodward of Watergate fame might do a reasonable job of inpartially
> reporting the facts. Michael Moore didn't really work for me. 
>  
> Some reviews here:
> 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/074325547X//ref=pd_sim_books_1/104-8660731-7955105?v=glance&s=books&vi=reviews
>  
> Anyone else read this?
>  
> I found it fascinating the way Woodward was able to report what Bush had said
> (he'd interviewed Bush and a lot of the players personally) while leaving it to
> the reader to make their own judgement on whether Bush was decisive or a fool.
> Imo, pretty much either interpretation could be drawn depending on the readers
> predisposition to Bush. That's canny political writing.
>  
> Brett Paatsch


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