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Loading... Cheney (edition 2007)by Stephen F., Hayes
Work InformationCheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President by Stephen F. Hayes
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a very kind portrait of Dick Cheney, showing mostly his positive side. By all accounts, Cheney avoided the limelight, was very private, and stayed in the background, so knowing his true influence in the Bush Administration isn't crystal clear. This book presents him in a positive light, and might be considered an alternate view of what one would think after reading Gellman's book "Angler", or Jane Mayer's book "The Dark Side". I imagine the real Cheney lies somewhere between the two viewpoints. ( ) no reviews | add a review
During a forty-year career in politics, Vice President Dick Cheney has been involved in some of the most consequential decisions in recent American history. Yet for all of his influence, the world knows very little about the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, among the most secretive and guarded of all public officials. Journalist Hayes draws upon hundreds of interviews with the vice president, his boyhood friends, political mentors, family members, reticent staffers, and senior Bush administration officials, to deliver a comprehensive portrait. The topics covered include Cheney's withdrawal from Yale; his days in the Ford White House; his meteoric rise to congressional leadership; his opposition to removing Saddam Hussein from power after the first Gulf War; his selection as Bush's running mate; his performance on 9/11 and the aggressive measures he pushed in the aftermath; the Iraq War; and intelligence battles with the CIA and their lasting effects.--From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.931092History and Geography North America United States 1901- Bush Administration And Beyond George W. BushLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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