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State of War Hardcover – 3 Jan. 2006

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With relentless media coverage, breathtaking events, and extraordinary congressional and independent investigations, it is hard to believe that we might not know some of the most significant facts about the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet, beneath the surface events of the Bush presidency lies a secret history - a series of hidden events that makes a mockery of many of the stories on the surface. This hidden history involves domestic spying, abuses of power, and outrageous operations. It includes a CIA that became caught in a political crossfire it could not withstand, even against the wishes of the commander-in-chief. It features a president who created a sphere of deniability, in which his top aides were briefed on matters of the utmost sensitivity - but the president was carefully kept in ignorance. "State of War" reveals this hidden history for the first time, including scandals that will redefine the Bush presidency.

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256 pages
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English
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Simon & Schuster / Free Press
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3 Jan. 2006
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0743275780
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978-0743275781
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This book has already caused a political storm in the US -- Independent on Sunday

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster / Free Press (3 Jan. 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0743275780
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743275781

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- 2,244 in US Politics
- 2,369 in Military History of Military Intelligence & Espionage

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James Risen

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James Risen (born April 27, 1955) is an American journalist for The New York Times who previously worked for the Los Angeles Times. He has written or co-written many articles concerning U.S. government activities and is the author or co-author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a book about the American public debate about abortion. Risen is a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Ulrik Jungersen Walther

Been there. Done that.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2008

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James Risen has in many ways written a top book on the build up to war in Iraq in 2003. The book is well paced, excellently written and gives deep insights into the workings of government and its agencies. The downside is that there is very little new in this book. Most of the material has been covered well in other books. So if this is your first venture into the topic, it is a good start. If feel you have read other books on the subject, I would move on and try something else.

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Luc REYNAERT

Beneath the surface

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2011

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By criticizing the G. W. Bush Administration for its abuse of power and its war against fundamental civil liberties, nationally and internationally, James Risen wrote a book, which, beneath the surface, is in fact a not very subtle defense of the contradictory (2 towers hit, 3 down) official version of the 9/11 events.

Moreover, the open and frontal attack on individual freedoms by the G.W. Bush Administration has been far better analyzed and globally appreciated by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed in his magisterial book `The War on Freedom', a must read for all those who want to understand the world we live in.

I cannot recommend this book.

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Very instructive book

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2018

A great writer

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2014

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2011

`State of War' looks at the Bush administration and the intelligence community in the aftermath of 911 and the lead up to war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

This looks at the illegal wire-tapping of American citizens, the important intelligence that was ignored and the false intelligence that was fabricated to justify war. It also looks at the ineptitude of President Bush and how Rumsfeld ignored his orders and worked with Cheney and other neoconservatives towards his own agendas. This book explores the practise of rendition and hostile interrogation techniques and how the CIA gave Iran nuclear blueprints via Russian defectors. It also mentions the special relationship the Bush family has with Saudi Arabia and how this supposed ally cannot be trusted. There is plenty of information here that has already come to light over the years and plenty more that was unknown to me and it made for interesting, mildly shocking (I should be more shocked, but nothing I read about the corruption of Politics surprises me anymore!) and infuriating reading.

This was clear to read and made it's point without seeming to be heavily biased one way or the other. Like I hinted at before, if you have read many politics/current affairs books, then this won't shock you too much. But if you are new to this type of book the information inside will shock and anger you. The levels of corruption and ineptitude are staggering.

All in all this made for an interesting and informative read and if you are even mildly interested in the themes of this book I suggest you take a look.

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