Robert Draper
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xvi, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Showing how a new breed of Republicans have brought American democracy to the edge, a chronicler of the American political scene for over 25 years tells the story of a fearful test of our ability, as a country, to hold together a system of government grounded in truth and the rule of law.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiv, 480 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Even after more than fifteen years it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. Draper paints a vivid and indelible picture of a decision-making process that was fatally compromised, by a combination of post-9/11 fear and paranoia, rank naïveté, craven groupthink, and participants who gamed the process relentlessly. The intelligence failure was comprehensive. The result is a definitive account of a collective...