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The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008
by Bob Woodward
from Simon & Schuster

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Woodward's "fly-on-the-wall" reporting once again illuminates dysfunctional Bush administration
  The legendary Bob Woodward ("All the President's Men," etc.) adds another entry into his long list of accomplished, important books. With "The War Within," Woodward once again gains remarkable access to the inner workings of President George W. Bush's White House as well as the top tiers of the U.S. military as our nation confronted (finally!) it's faltering performance in Iraq.
  For those few of you who haven't read Woodward's stuff before, "War Within" keeps to the usual style - on-the-spot reporting... more info

• Understanding the Iraq War since 2006
  This follow-up to State of Denial details the progress of the Iraq War since 2006. It starts with the firing of Donald Rumsfeld and the rise of the even-handed Robert Gates. It follows the fall of General Casey and the rise of General Petraeus. It also parallels the two schools of thought in how to handle Iraq: clear and hold or surgical strikes.
  While not quite as readable as State of Denial, this book details more of the political dealings with Iraqi leaders and the attempts to establish a... more info

• War Within - great for facts, terrible for chronology
  Book appears to be onn the button factually but try to follow chronology
  very difficult. He writes about years 2003 and skips to 2006 or 2005 back
  to 2003. Names of military personnel are sometimes difficult to relate to
  an event or time element.
  Overall good for facts and illumination into the Bush II White House.

• Too much here and too little there....
  i find the book to be somewhat evenhanded, albeit slow to build, with speciouz arguments and several ineffective redundancies. but for a neophyte like me, an excellent primer to the internal discussions. Difficult to discern why Hadley and Keane had such preeminentinsights? Werethey doing the most talking to Woodward?

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