{"product_id":"9780743215381","title":"Bush at War","description":"With his unmatched investigative skill, Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. \u003cbr\u003e Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council -- and firsthand revelations of the private thoughts, concerns and fears of the president and his war cabinet -- make \u003ci\u003eBush at War\u003c\/i\u003e an unprecedented chronicle of a modern presidency in time of grave crisis. \u003cbr\u003e Based on interviews with more than a hundred sources and four hours of exclusive interviews with the president, \u003ci\u003eBush at War\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Bush's sweeping, almost grandiose, vision for remaking the world. \"I'm not a textbook player, I'm a gut player,\" the president said. \u003cbr\u003e Woodward's virtual wiretap into the White House Situation Room reveals a stunning group portrait of an untested president and his advisers, three of whom might themselves have made it to the presidency. \u003cbr\u003e Vice President Dick Cheney, taciturn but hard-line, always pressing for more urgency in Afghanistan and toward Iraq. \u003cbr\u003e Secretary of State Colin Powell, the cautious diplomat and loyal soldier, tasked with building an international coalition in an administration prone to unilateralism. \u003cbr\u003e Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the brainy agitator and media star who led the military through Afghanistan and, he hopes, through Iraq. \u003cbr\u003e National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, the ever-present troubleshooter who surprisingly emerges as perhaps the president's most important adviser. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBush at War\u003c\/i\u003e includes a vivid portrait of CIA director George Tenet, ready and eager for covert action against terrorists in Afghanistan and worldwide. It follows a CIA paramilitary team leader on a covert mission inside Afghanistan to pay off assets and buy friends with millions in U.S. currency carried in giant suitcases. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBush at War,\u003c\/i\u003e Bob Woodward once again delivers a reporting tour de force.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118336065776,"sku":"9780743215381","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743215381_p0.jpg?v=1763628528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743215381","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}