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

Hubris is the best book on how the Bush Administration brought us to war in Iraq. Its also exceptional at describing the intelligence "failure" and the entire sordid Valerie Plame affair. The book is written by Michael Isikoff, the Newsweek reporter who broke the Monica Lewinski scandal, so you unde......more

I found Robert Draper’s recent book - To Start a War - superior to this.......more

It's not over yet. The disastrous American invasion of Iraq lingers 13 years later. Enough time has passed for a thorough analysis of the events that led up to the war and here it is. Michael Isikoff dispassionately lays out the entire sorry sequence of events from before 9/11 through the conviction......more

4.5 stars. A fascinating, detailed and well-researched effort. And yet it's still hard to believe that this actually happened, and not even that long ago! And we're still dealing with the effects today, even as ANOTHER disasterous administration makes it's bid to maintain it's power..........more