New York, NY Simon & Schuster 2004 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 467 p. Contains: Illustrations.

Content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with fine pictorial wraps displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown. About the book: Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam.Based on interviews with 75 key participants and more than three and a half hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush, Plan of Attack is part presidential history charting the decisions made during 16 critical months; part military history revealing precise details and the evolution of the Top Secret war planning under the restricted codeword Polo Step; and part a harrowing spy story as the CIA dispatches a covert paramilitary team into northern Iraq six months before the start of the war. This team recruited 87 Iraqi spies designated with the cryptonym DB/ROCKSTARS, one of whom turned over the personnel files of all 6,000 men in Saddam Hussein's personal security organization.What emerges are astonishingly intimate portraits: President Bush in war cabinet meetings in the White House Situation Room and the Oval Office, and in private conversation; Dick ...

ISBN10: 0743255488, ISBN13: 9780743255486, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Softcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2004]

Simon & Schuster, Date: 2004-10-11. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2004. Simon & Schuster ISBN 0743255488 9780743255486 [US]