A revision of the 2003 original, and an award-winner. Depicts Bush with vision and talent, but whose single-mindedness has disastrous consequences. Powell is a noble, tragic figure here; Rumsfeld an idiot; Cheney a deceitful bully; Rice a brilliant but cloying cipher; and Wolfowitz an arrogant and vindictive fool. What a brutal folly the Iraq war was, and none of this gang was ever held to account. ( )

Much of the information in this book has been covered in books read prior to this. However, any book about the Bush presidency and -- in particular -- the response to the terrorist attack of 9-11-2001 is worth reading to me. ( )