How Did This Happen? The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy fiasco in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and this story has never been fully told, until now. From Craig Unger, the author of the bestseller House of Bush, House of Saud, comes a comprehensive, deeply sourced, and chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the most vital safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East that is getting worse day by day. Craig Unger knows how to get the big story -- and this one is his most explosive yet. Through scores of interviews with figures in the Christian Right, the neoconservative movement, the Bush administration, and sources close to the Bush family, as well as intelligence agents in the CIA, the Pentagon, and Israel, Unger has assembled the most comprehensive, provocative, and dramatic account of how and why George W. Bush took America to war in Iraq.
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"This was an interesting read and an excellent summary of my own views of the Iraq war and the bogus explanations used to start it. If you believe the Iraq war was justified, I suggest a thoughtful reading of this book as it articulates my views much more eloquently than I am capable." — Greg (5 out of 5 stars)
"This was an interesting read and an excellent summary of my own views of the Iraq war and the bogus explanations used to start it. If you believe the Iraq war was justified, I suggest a thoughtful reading of this book as it articulates my views much more eloquently than I am capable."
“[Unger’s] narrative skills enable him to do a fluent job of putting the available jigsaw puzzle pieces together. He gives readers a powerful account of the long-standing campaign by neoconservatives (which long predated the terrorist attacks of 9/11) to topple Saddam Hussein, the ideological roots of the administration's ideas about preemption and unilateral action, and the efforts of hawks in the Pentagon and the vice president's office to bypass regular policymaking channels and use cherry-picked intelligence to push for war.”
“A sobering examination.”
" i am afraid of unger's life "
" We are in trouble! "
" Unger hit a home run with this book. Reads like a thriller! "
" Made my blood pressure rise "
" Like a lot of people who have this and other books about the criminal bush presidency, preaching to the converted. The author has a lot of footnotes but sometimes leaves out more important ones. Which makes up wonder if some of the more important points are as supported as we would like. "
" the world is a creepy crazy place... "
" Extremely detailed account. Provides the answers to the question - How did they do that? "
" Interesting, but could have been done in a long magazine article. "
" Thoroughly researched though heavily biased. "
" A very interesting look inside the Bush Administration. It honestly gave me a new respect for the man behind the presidency. "
" It's scarier than I thought "
" OK, so I'm a bit behind on my political reading...this is one superb book that will make you sick about the former administration.... "
" Ik had nooit helemaal begrepen hoe en waarom Bush aan de oorlog met Irak is begonnen. Dit boek legt 't uit, vanaf het prille begin (jeugd Bush, de christelijke fundamentalisten en de neoconservatieven) "
Craig Unger is the author of several New York Times bestselling nonfiction books. The former deputy editor of the New York Observer and editor-in-chief of Boston Magazine, he has contributed to Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Esquire, the New Yorker, and many other publications. He has appeared as an analyst on MSNBC, CNN, the ABC Radio Network, and other broadcast outlets. He has written about the Trump Russia scandal for the New Republic and Vanity Fair. He is a graduate of Harvard University.
James Naughton is an actor and director. He first came to prominence in the television series adaptation of the Planet of the Apes movie series of the same name. Since then, he has starred in dozens television shows and appeared in numerous Broadway plays. He is a two-time Tony Award winner, one for his performance as Sam Spade in City of Angels and the other portraying Billy Flynn in the 1997 revival of Chicago.
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