Rise of the Vulcans : the history of Bush`s war cabinet /
Mann, Jim, 1946-
Rise of the Vulcans : the history of Bush's war cabinet / James Mann. - xix, 426 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Originally published : New York : Viking, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references : pages 377-410 and index.
A rising politician amid war and dirty tricks -- The intellectual as proteg-- A soldier and a sailor -- Combating the Soviets, Dente and Henry Kissinger -- Enter the Persian Gulf -- Transitions -- Camelot of the conservatives -- Of dictatorships and democracy -- In the midst of Armageddon -- A scandal and its aftermath -- A new republican president, a new foreign policy team -- Use of force -- Death of an empire, birth of a vision -- Vulcans in exile -- A vulcan agenda -- The campaign -- Who runs the Pentagon? -- Warnings and signals -- History starts today -- A new strategy -- Toward war with Iraq.
Presents an inside look at George W. Bush's inner circle of foreign policy advisors--Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleeza Rice.
0143034898 RM59.95 9780143034896 0670032999 9780670032990
Bush, George W. 1946- --Friends and associates.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Staff--United States--Biography.
Political consultants--United States--Biography.
United States--Foreign relations--2001-
United States--Military policy.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
Rise of the Vulcans : the history of Bush's war cabinet / James Mann. - xix, 426 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Originally published : New York : Viking, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references : pages 377-410 and index.
A rising politician amid war and dirty tricks -- The intellectual as proteg-- A soldier and a sailor -- Combating the Soviets, Dente and Henry Kissinger -- Enter the Persian Gulf -- Transitions -- Camelot of the conservatives -- Of dictatorships and democracy -- In the midst of Armageddon -- A scandal and its aftermath -- A new republican president, a new foreign policy team -- Use of force -- Death of an empire, birth of a vision -- Vulcans in exile -- A vulcan agenda -- The campaign -- Who runs the Pentagon? -- Warnings and signals -- History starts today -- A new strategy -- Toward war with Iraq.
Presents an inside look at George W. Bush's inner circle of foreign policy advisors--Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleeza Rice.
0143034898 RM59.95 9780143034896 0670032999 9780670032990
Bush, George W. 1946- --Friends and associates.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
Presidents--Staff--United States--Biography.
Political consultants--United States--Biography.
United States--Foreign relations--2001-
United States--Military policy.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.