What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception @ richardeward.com

What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
by Scott McClellan
from PublicAffairs

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Good look into the underbelly of an administration
  "What Happened" is more of an intimate look into an American presidential administration, with an honest assessment of the political problems within and without. It wasn't a smoking gun or a book full of any particular damning revelations against the Bush administration (just about everything in this book hyped as such was already known), but was rightfully critical of how certain things were handled by the administration. Most notably, the war in Iraq (including the selling of the war to the public, and... more info

• What Happened
  The book is much better than any of the political commentaries made when it was first released. Strongly suggest reading it -- whether one is a confirmed Democrat (as I am) or a devoted Republican.

• Another "smoking gun" from the Bush failure
  The author spends a lot of time writing about his early life and the years leading up to the subject of the book. It's understandable, but the readers are primarily interested in how, in his opinion, the Bush White House got us into a needless war.

• Bush White House Scandal
  The book is interesting and thoughtful, but does not share much that we don't already know via assumptions and speculation. Still, if you're interested in certain Washington character flaws and evasiveness, it's worth a read.

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