Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War, (Paperback)

from Clif

It you're a Bush supporter, you probably don't want to read this book. The rest of you will find confirmation in this book for what you've suspected and feared all along. It fills in many of the details behind some of the news stories that we've been hearing over the past several years about the ...

from ehines

A fine, reasonably balanced (fans of the Bush administration won't think so) look at how we got to where we're at now. The picture ain't pretty--politicians of both parties, intelligence workers and reporters all come off very badly. Patriotism is apparently not just the last resort of the scound...

from bobbieharv

Pretty much a rehash of stuff we already knew (except that Armitage started the whole Valerie Plame leak). Irritating style of leaving one plot in the middle and jumping to another.

from ostrom

Even more depressing than Fiasco, but just as well documented. An incompetent executive branch with virtually unlimited power, running amok.