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Hubris

The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War

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Hubris

Written by: Michael Isikoff, David Corn
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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What was really behind the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq? As George W. Bush steered the nation to war, who spoke the truth and who tried to hide it?

This fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative tells the inside story of how the Bush administration used bad intelligence to sell and then justify the Iraq war. Veteran reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn take the reader behind the scenes at the White House, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and in Congress, where controversial decisions and turf battles were fought in and with the highest circles of the Bush administration.

Hubris connects the dots between George W. Bush's determination to get rid of Saddam Hussein, the role of neoconservatives in pushing the case for war, and the outing of a CIA officer, which led to the indictment of a top White House official. It's a news-making account of conspiracy, backstabbing, ineptitude, and, perhaps most especially, arrogance.

©2006 Michael Isikoff and David Corn; (P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc. International Relations Military Political Science Politics & Government Wars & Conflicts Middle East War Gulf War Iran Espionage Africa American Foreign Policy
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What the critics say

  • Audie Award Finalist, Judges' Award: Politics, 2007

"Many critics of the Iraq War have highlighted the ideological drive behind the invasion. Fewer have grappled with the more complex question of why it was impossible for skeptics, doubters, and more scrupulous analysts to stop it. Isikoff and Corn enable us to understand better how this devastating policy tragedy played out." (The Washington Post's Book World)
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The complicated subject of the selling of the Iraq war is well handled. The listen is detailed and very informative yet never dry. A 19 hour listen flies along thanks to great editing and narration. If you want to know the inside story of the Iraq war this book is a great place to get the whole story.

Exceptional history of the selling of the Iraq War

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