The Bush Tragedy
Ross Fitzgerald; 18/4/08
The Bush Tragedy; Jacob Weisberg; Bloomsbury
It now seems indisputable that America’s 43rd president, George W. Bush, is directly responsible for the current chaos in Iraq, which, as each year goes by, is a national and international disaster even more terrible than the American war in Vietnam. Yet at the beginning of his two-term presidency - and despite his personal flaws and doubts about the legitimacy of his electoral victory - things looked quite hopeful. Some key questions asked by Jacob Weisberg in this powerfully engaging book include how did a politician of such evidently limited abilities find himself in the position of being the most powerful man in the world and how and why did half of America initially fall for Bush before he experienced such a massive falling out?
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-bush-tragedy/2008/04/18/1208025461183.html
Tags: Iraq; History