In her shocking new book, Malkin goes where the mainstream media refuse to tread. She digs deep into the records of President Obama's staff, revealing corrupt dealings, questionable pasts, and abuses of power throughout his administration.
After conducting exclusive interviews with more than 100 current and former Secret Service agents, bestselling author and award-winning reporter Kessler reveals their secrets for the first time.
With unparalleled intimacy and detail, Woodward's fourth book on the Bush administration offers a gripping account of a president at war and describes a period of distress and uncertainty within the U.S. government from 2006 through mid-2008.
Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking book of his storied career. In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gellman documents how Vice President Dick Cheney chose to redefine the role of the American vice presidency, assuming unprecedented responsibilities and making it a post of historic power.
"Insurgents and terrorists retain the resources and capabilities to sustain and even increase current level of violence through the next year.'' This was the secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006. The forecast of a more violent 2007 in Iraq contradicted the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush, including one, ...
Balz and Johnson offer a riveting account of the 2008 presidential election, which shattered political barriers; illuminated undercurrents of race, gender, and class; and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency.
From the author "Newsweek" called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos.
From the most highly respected analyst of foreign policy writing today, this book presents a story of wasted opportunity and squandered prestige - the history of the last three U.S. presidents' foreign policy. The most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing ...
Investigative reporter Bob Woodward had unusual access to the Bush White House in researching and writing this insider account of the George W. Bush administration's march to war against Saddam Hussein. While almost all of his many sources spoke off the record (an exception being the President), Woodward's narrative of events uncovers the key ...
The journalistic team of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is credited with reporting the most explosive political story of the 1970s, which began as a seemingly low-level break-in at the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. in June, 1972, and which was to result in the resignation of President Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon. Writing in the style ...
Political pundit and popular talk show host Al Franken follows his bestselling LIES (AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM) with THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES). Since his previous book, the Republicans have won a this-time-uncontested presidential election, and Franken has started up Air America, the liberal radio network. The "truth" part includes the facts, ...
Based on the author's recent articles in The Nation and Rolling Stone, a case study of the link between money and political power charges the Bush administration with compromising mainstream America through its proposed changes to environmental laws. 50,000 first printing.
Award-winning author and journalist Bob Woodward turns his attention to the presidency of George W. Bush. Before the acts of terrorism on 11 September, George W. Bush's presidency had been beset by numerous problems. Not only was it in many peoples eyes invalid, very few people took him seriously as a world statesman. Then following one violent ...
Viewing the American presidency as essentially a political office, this work analyzes the institution, the individuals who have served, and the president's interaction with the public and other government branches. This edition is revised to include an assessment of Clinton's last term.
This insider's view of the George W. Bush administration draws heavily (but not solely) on former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill as a source. O'Neill, who was asked to step down by Bush in 2002, offers several damning allegations that made headlines upon this book's publication--including charges that Bush was not intellectually engaged at ...
Jack Goldsmith's duty as head of the Office of Legal Counsel was to advise President Bush on what he could and could not do...legally. His unflinching insistence that America abide by the law put him on a collision course with powerful figures in the administration. In "The Terror Presidency" he 'reaches beyond personal memoir to offer a ...
Borrowing the words of former Idaho senator Frank Church, one widespread notion of the Central Intelligence Agency is that it tends to behave like a "rogue elephant" rampaging out of control, initiating risky covert action programs without the sanction of either Congress or the White House. In Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency, ...
In the bestselling book that provoked a media sensation, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan takes readers behind the scenes of the presidency of George W. BushScott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who became part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remained so during one of the most challenging and ...
This highly critical view of the George W. Bush administration is by one of the key figures of the Watergate scandal, Nixon's former counsel John W. Dean. Now a respected columnist and author, Dean deplores what he sees as the Bush administration's strong-arm tactics and its penchant for secrecy, and he faults Bush on both domestic policies and ...
In this balanced study of the backgrounds and ideologies of the key shapers of the George W. Bush administration's policies--Armitage, Cheney, Powell, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, et al., Mann explains how the Bush doctrine differs significantly from previous approaches to international affairs.
"Lis Wiehl tells us where the law protects us, and where it is letting us down. And as a bonus she gives us the tools to make change happen! If you care about where we are going, you have to read this book." -Rita Cosby, Emmy Award-winning TV host Women make up 51% of the American population, yet still aren't treated equally to men in areas that ...
Award-winning journalist Ronald Kessler gets behind the scenes at the White House to reveal the often-scandalous secrets of this all-powerful institution. Kessler documents the hidden lives of the modern presidents: Bill and Hilary Clinton's sham marriage and his pattern of alleged sexual indiscretions; Johnson's legendary infidelities; Nixon's ...
Their idiosyncracies and failures were as diverse as their accomplishments. William McKinley tracked press opinion before Richard Nixon was even born. Calvin Coolidge utilized radio and press conferences long before today's spin doctors. And John F. Kennedy brought the culture of celebrity to the White House. The President of the United States may ...
The author examines how U.S. presidents have used their power to make war. Despite the fact that the Constitution specifically empowers Congress to delcare war, presidents since F.D.R. have routinely asserted the power to wage undeclared wars. Fisher argues for a rollback of this presidential power and a return to the framers' intent of reserving ...
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
