Bushs War For Reelection: Iraq, the White House, and the People

In November of 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld assured us that the then–looming second Iraq war ‘has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.′ Since then, we′ve heard many other assertions about the war from George W. Bush and his cronies. And we′ve become less willing to believe. In this scathing indictment, Jim Moore adds to our reasons for doubt. He exposes the fibs and half–truths, ranging from Bush′s disappearing act during his stint in the Texas Air National Guard, to the doctored intelligence reports that the Bush administration used to justify invading Iraq. He exposes the prevaricators while giving compassionate portraits of the soldiers who′ve died there. This book will make you mad. It might even make you vote."
—Robert Bryce author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron and the soon–to–be–released Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America′s Superstate
"Jim Moore takes you into the minds of the warriors on the battlefield and to the heart of the decisions that put them there. A brilliant, unconventional look at war and its aftermath."
—Wayne Slater, Senior Political Writer, Dallas Morning News
"James Moore masterfully details how Bush′s war for reelection has real victims: the families of soldiers who have died in Iraq and American citizens who have dared to tell the truth. This exhaustively researched book exposes the dishonest underside of an administration that claims integrity as its calling card. Real young men and women are paying the price for Bush′s follies with their lives, Moore reveals, while the man in the White House has used elitist connections to avoid ever risking anything."
—Mark Karlin, Editor, BuzzFlash.com

Spis treści:
Author′s Note.
PART I: CAUGHT BY THE CHILL.
1. No Guns, No Glory.
2. A Beautiful Lie.
3. Boys at War.
4. A Few Y oung Men.
5. Pioneers of a Warless World.
6. The Awful Power.
PART II: JUST WALK AWAY.
7. Rewards of Service.
8. Bird of Pray.
9. The Ghost Soldier.
10. Flying Colors.
11. A Congressman’s Son.
12. Men Such as These.
PART III: COUNTING CASUALTIES.
13. Memorial Days.
14. At War with Mr. Wilson.
15. Soldier Down.
16. The Pokorney Girls.
Epilogue : Johnny Came Home.
A Letter to the President from the Father of a Fallen Marine.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
JAMES MOORE is an Emmy Award—winning TV news correspondent with more than a quarter century of print and broadcast experience. Moore is also the author—along with Wayne Slater—of the New York Times bestseller Bush′s Brain, also published by Wiley. He has traveled extensively on every Presidential campaign since 1976. His reports have appeared on CNN, NBC, and CBS. His professional honors include: an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio–Television News Directors Association, and the Individual Broadcast Achievement Award from the Texas Headliners′ Foundation.

Okładka tylna:
"In November of 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld assured us that the then–looming second Iraq war ‘has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.′ Since then, we′ve heard many other assertions about the war from George W. Bush and his cronies. And we′ve become less willing to believe. In this scathing indictment, Jim Moore adds to our reasons for doubt. He exposes the fibs and half–truths, ranging from Bush′s disappearing act during his stint in the Texas Air National Guard, to the doctored intelligence reports that the Bush administration used to justify invading Iraq. He exposes the prevaricators while giving compassionate portraits of the soldiers who′ ;ve died there. This book will make you mad. It might even make you vote."
—Robert Bryce author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron and the soon–to–be–released Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America′s Superstate
"Jim Moore takes you into the minds of the warriors on the battlefield and to the heart of the decisions that put them there. A brilliant, unconventional look at war and its aftermath."
—Wayne Slater, Senior Political Writer, Dallas Morning News
"James Moore masterfully details how Bush′s war for reelection has real victims: the families of soldiers who have died in Iraq and American citizens who have dared to tell the truth. This exhaustively researched book exposes the dishonest underside of an administration that claims integrity as its calling card. Real young men and women are paying the price for Bush′s follies with their lives, Moore reveals, while the man in the White House has used elitist connections to avoid ever risking anything."
—Mark Karlin, Editor, BuzzFlash.com