Mann, Jim,  1946- <br/><br/>
Rise of the Vulcans :  the history of Bush's war cabinet / 
James Mann. 
 - xix, 426 pages, [16] pages of plates :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published : New York : Viking, 2004. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references : pages 377-410 and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0143034898  RM59.95 9780143034896 0670032999 9780670032990 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bush, George W. 1946- --Friends and associates.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.<br/>Presidents--Staff--United States--Biography.<br/>Political consultants--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--2001-<br/>United States--Military policy.<br/>United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.