Though reticent in public, George Bush openly shared his private thoughts in correspondence throughout his life. This collection of letters, diary entries, and memos is the closest we'll ever get to an autobiography.
Organized chronologically, the volume begins with eighteen-year-old George's le[...]
Former President George H.W. Bush, revealed through his letters and writings from 1941 to 2010, is "worth its weight in gold...a valuable update of the life of an honorable American leader" ("The Washington Post").
"Who knew that beneath George Bush's buttoned-up propriety pulsed the warm heart [...]
In the wake of the 2004 election, pundits were shocked at exit polling that showed that 22% of voters thought 'moral values' was the most important issue at stake. People on both sides of the political divide believed this was the key to victory for George W. Bush, who professes a deep and abiding f[...]
Based on the author's 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. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.[...]
George W. Bush remains a highly controversial figure, a man for whom millions of Americans have very strong feelings. Dan McAdams' book offers an astute psychological portrait of Bush, one of the first biographies to appear since he left office as well as the first to draw systematically from person[...]
This book investigates the methods used by the Bush Administration to control bureaucratic agencies, including executive orders, signing directives, political appointments, and others, as well as the effects those methods have had on agency outputs.[...]
"American Caesars" takes a fresh look at the lives and careers of the twelve leaders of the American empire since World War II, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush. President by president, the noted biographer Nigel Hamilton strips away myths and wishful thinking to record our most recent p[...]
Eagerly anticipated in the wake of their national best seller "Cobra II" ("The superb, must-read military history of the invasion of Iraq"--Thomas L. Friedman), "The Endgame" is Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor's most ambitious and news-breaking book to date. A peerless work of inves[...]
A "Wall Street Journal" Best Nonfiction Book of 2012
In this follow-up to their national bestseller "Cobra II," Michael Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor deftly piece together the story of the most widely reported but least understood war in American history. This stunning account of the pol[...]
In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life.
George W. Bush served as president of the United States during eight of the most consequential years in American history. The decisions that reached his de[...]
"Decision Points" is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings readers inside[...]
The former editorial director of the Free Press and son of the great American novelist serves up a delicious exploration of nepotism, the favored treatment of one's relatives, in our times, arguing that the much stigmatized practice has its roots in human biological behavior and that it represents t[...]
Professor Joan Hoff's A Faustian Foreign Policy: Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush critiques U.S. foreign policy during this period by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly taken on Faustian overtones. As long as the ideological outcome of the Cold War remained in doubt, there was little [...]
Modern presidents are usually depicted as party 'predators' who neglect their parties, exploit them for personal advantage, or undercut their organizational capacities. Challenging this view, "Presidential Party Building" demonstrates that every Republican president since Dwight D. Eisenhower worked[...]
A memoir of George W Bush, America's 43rd president. It offers a journey through the defining decisions of his life. It describes his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional[...]