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How Bush Rules: Chronicles of a Radical Regime
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In a series of columns and essays that renowned journalist and former presidential adviser, Sidney Blumenthal, wrote in the three years following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a unifying theme began to emerge: that Bush, billed by himself and by many others as a conservative, is in fact a radical - more radical than any president in American history.
In How Bush Rules, Blumenthal provides a trenchant and vivid account of the progression of Bush's radical style - from his reliance on one-party rule and his unwillingness to allow internal debate, to his elevation of the power of the vice president. Taking readers through pivotal events such as the hunt for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, the rise of the foreign-policy neo-conservatives, Abu Ghraib, the war on science, the Jack Abramoff scandal, and the catastrophic mishandling of Hurricane Katrina, Blumenthal argues that these radical actions are not haphazard, but deliberately intended to fundamentally change the presidency and the government.
He shows not only the historical precedents for radical governing, but also how Bush has taken his methods to unique extremes. With its penetrating account of a critical new era in American leadership, How Bush Rules is a devastating appraisal of the Bush presidency.
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No of pages: 416
Dimensions: 27.0cm x 19.0cm