[In this book, the author] tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council - and f...

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Main Author:	Woodward, Bob 1939- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY [u.a.] Simon & Schuster 2005
Edition:	Paperpack ed.
Subjects:	Bush, George W <1946-> > (George Walker) Bush, George W. > 1946- Geschichte 2001 Presidents > United States Bekämpfung Außenpolitik Kriegsvorbereitung Elfter September Regierung Internationaler Terrorismus Terrorismus Politische Entscheidung United States - Politics and government - 2001- USA Afghanistan Golfstaaten
Summary:	[In this book, the author] tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council - and firsthand revelations of the private thoughts, concerns and fears of the president and his war cabinet - make [the book a] chronicle of a modern presidency in time of grave crisis. Based on interviews with more than a hundred sources and four hours of exclusive interviews with the president, [it] reveals Bush's sweeping, almost grandiose, vision for remaking the world. [It] includes a ... portrait of CIA director George Tenet, ready and eager for covert action against terrorists in Afghanistan and worldwide. It [also] follows a CIA paramilitary team leader on a covert mission inside Afghanistan to pay off assets and buy friends with millions in U.S. currency carried in giant suitcases.-Dust jacket.
Physical Description:	XIX, 382 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	0743244613 9780743244619