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Sto caricando le informazioni... Bush at War (originale 2003; edizione 2003)di Bob Woodward
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. FROM AMAZON: Award-winning author and journalist Bob Woodward turns his attention to the presidency of George W. Bush. Before the acts of terrorism on 11 September, George W. Bush's presidency had been beset by numerous problems. Not only was it in many peoples eyes invalid, very few people took him seriously as a world statesman. Then following one violent mindless act of terrorism, George W. Bush became a president that his country could rely on, one they felt they could trust to lead them through these difficult times. And the world saw a man who was decisive and resolute, a president who was seemingly determined to route out the people who had carried out the heinous acts. But one year after the attacks how has the 44th President of the United States fared? And what were the actual behind the scenes discussions that took place whilst the country was rocked by the crisis? Bob Woodward has been shadowing the President since those fateful events, he was allowed unprecedented access to closed-door meetings and briefings and this masterful book is a look at what really happened. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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[In this book, the author] tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council - and firsthand revelations of the private thoughts, concerns and fears of the president and his war cabinet - make [the book a] chronicle of a modern presidency in time of grave crisis. Based on interviews with more than a hundred sources and four hours of exclusive interviews with the president, [it] reveals Bush's sweeping, almost grandiose, vision for remaking the world. [It] includes a ... portrait of CIA director George Tenet, ready and eager for covert action against terrorists in Afghanistan and worldwide. It [also] follows a CIA paramilitary team leader on a covert mission inside Afghanistan to pay off assets and buy friends with millions in U.S. currency carried in giant suitcases.-Dust jacket. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Az olvasó nyilván valami nagy leleplezést vár egy ilyen könyvtől (különösen, hogy Woodward volt a Watergate botrány egyik kirobbantója) de túl sok ilyenre nem érdemes számítani. Többen pont azzal vádolták Woodwardot, hogy túl pozitív képet fest Bush elnökről a könyvben. Nekem mondjuk hiába volt alapvetően szimpatikusnak ábrázolva az elnök, azért végig az volt az érzésem, hogy úgy indítanak háborút, hogy nincs konkrét politikai céljuk azon kívül, hogy 9/11 miatt valakinek vissza kell ütni.
Miután a könyv 2002. végén jelent meg, az utolsó fejezetben kapunk egy rövidebb áttekintést a két hónap utáni eseményekről is. Ez nagyon hasznos amikor Afganisztánról van szó, de furcsa szerkesztési elvnek tűnik, hogy míg a könyv korábbi fejezeteiben alig van szó Irakról, itt a legvégén egyre hangsúlyosabb az iraki háborúra készülődés. Tekintve, hogy Woodward négy könyvet írt Bush háborúiról, elég feleslegesek voltak ezek a részek itt.
Húsz évvel később persze nagyon érdekes azt is látni, hogy mennyire változott a világ (a könyvben Putin segítőkésznek és rendesnek tűnik) mi lett az akkor elindított folyamatokból, és hát ebből a szempontból külön nehéz azokat a mondatokat olvasni, amikor az amerikai politikusok pl. arról beszélnek, hogy miként kell elkerülni, hogy beleragadjanak az afgán háború mocsarába. ( )