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Woodward's analysis of President Bush's leadership style is especially fascinating. A self-described "gut player" who relies heavily on instinct, Bush comes across as a man of action continually pressing his cabinet for concrete results. The revelation that the president developed and publicly stated the so-called Bush Doctrine--the policy that the US would not only go after terrorists everywhere but also those governments or groups that harbour them--without first consulting Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell or Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is particularly telling. Other principals are examined with equal scrutiny. Though National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice emerges as soft-spoken and even tentative during group meetings, it becomes clear that Bush is dependent on her for candid advice as well as for conveying his thoughts to his cabinet. The relationship between Powell and Rumsfeld (and to a lesser degree Powell and Cheney) is often strained, exposing their differences regarding how to deal with Iraq and whether coalition building or unilateralism is most appropriate. Woodward also describes how CIA director George Tenet prepared a paramilitary team to infiltrate Afghanistan to set the groundwork for invasion, and how this ushered in a new era of cooperation between the defence department and the CIA. A worthwhile and often enlightening read, this is a revealing and informative first draft of the Bush legacy. --Shawn Carkonen -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Woodward's analysis of President Bush's leadership style is especially fascinating. A self-described "gut player" who relies heavily on instinct, Bush comes across as a man of action continually pressing his cabinet for concrete results. The revelation that the president developed and publicly stated the so-called Bush Doctrine--the policy that the U.S. would not only go after terrorists everywhere but also those governments or groups which harbor them--without first consulting Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, or Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is particularly telling. Other principals are examined with equal scrutiny. Though National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice emerges as soft-spoken and even tentative during group meetings, it becomes clear that Bush is dependent on her for candid advice as well as for conveying his thoughts to his cabinet. The relationship between Powell and Rumsfeld (and to a lesser degree Powell and Cheney) is often strained, exposing their differences regarding how to deal with Iraq and whether coalition building or unilateralism is most appropriate. Woodward also describes how CIA director George Tenet prepared a paramilitary team to infiltrate Afghanistan to set the groundwork for invasion, and how this ushered in a new era of cooperation between the defense department and the CIA. A worthwhile and often enlightening read, this is a revealing and informative first draft of the Bush legacy. --Shawn Carkonen -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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The reader can see and develop a much better understanding of the government and people within why their acted the way they did, on what basis decisions were made and the relationships within the team. Also very interesting and a good point for the author at least in my opinion is that he tries also to show the human component, the politicians are also only human beings and also make mistakes like ones. But the stakes and repercussions thereof are very much higher. So what he writes in his book about is basically the history of inner workings of the Bush-government in this time of crises and their management thereof the Afghanistan War-managements or lack thereof is described in great and astonishing detail; also how the 'Unseen War' went. It is basically the chronic of all the meeting, press conferences and so on.
I think for everyone who wants to be informed about the Bush-admin and the War against terrorism this is a MUST-READ for references but it shouldn't be the only read! Take different viewpoints and make your own opinion.
But this should be one of them; it's a great book full of astonishing details!
As an example as everbody knows today President Bush pushes since his failure to get Osama bin Laden (in Woodward speak UBL)and to destroy al Quaeda to topple the Iraqian dictator with an eagerness unseen since the 40ies and 50ies ("..he even tried to kill my dad"). The author describes Mr Bush as THE person to be persuaded to take Iraq into consideration for a possible strike at all by the advisors.
This is a book only for the real political interested, certainly not for the ones who want to inform themselves about the process of decision and action in and against Afghanistan.
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