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barrysweezey's review against another edition
This seems to be the book I read, but I know it as Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush
barry_sweezey's review against another edition
This seems to be the book I read, but I know it as Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush
ewp11577's review against another edition
4.0
Well written, but seemed a bit biased in favor of W. Don't get me wrong, I liked President Bush, but I felt like certain embarrassing events were overlooked and misfires were glazed over more often than not. It was also revealing just how much of the public events were staged; this is probably true for all presidents, but it was a bit eye-opening to me.
Main points in the book were: the 2000 election, 9/11, the war in Iraq (Afghanistan is barely touched), the 2004 election (why did I not remember that Bush did not clinch victory until around 5 am the day after election?), Katrina, and a short amount on Cindy Sheehan (and...as family of an OIF KIA, I assure you, Ms. Sheehan, you DO NOT speak for all of us and yes, there are many of us who still think we did the right thing). This book seemed to be more of a summary than anything, but most folks will find it an easy read.
To note--I do have a separate book that I know the author has a very hard bias against GWB that I will read later, my goal is to find neutral sources, but understand that from about Nixon on, this will be nearly impossible.
Main points in the book were: the 2000 election, 9/11, the war in Iraq (Afghanistan is barely touched), the 2004 election (why did I not remember that Bush did not clinch victory until around 5 am the day after election?), Katrina, and a short amount on Cindy Sheehan (and...as family of an OIF KIA, I assure you, Ms. Sheehan, you DO NOT speak for all of us and yes, there are many of us who still think we did the right thing). This book seemed to be more of a summary than anything, but most folks will find it an easy read.
To note--I do have a separate book that I know the author has a very hard bias against GWB that I will read later, my goal is to find neutral sources, but understand that from about Nixon on, this will be nearly impossible.
raehink's review
1.0
I didn't finish this. I never got past the tightly-spaced typeface and paragraphs, the annoying font and the prolific use of italics and capital letters. All of that distracted me enough that I had no desire to focus on the content. Odd.
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