The Bush Tragedy, Jacob Weisberg
The Bush Tragedy, Jacob Weisberg
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The Bush Tragedy

Author: Jacob Weisberg

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/22/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

The Bush Tragedy is the first important consideration of the George W. Bush presidency and its profound impact on the state of the world. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with figures inside and out of the administration, Jacob Weisberg has crafted a portrait of George W. Bush that is balanced, insightful, and wideranging.

About Jacob Weisberg

Jacob Weisberg is the editor-in-chief of Slate. He is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio. He previously worked for the New Republic and was a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. He is the inventor and author of the “Bushisms” series. He is also the author, with Robert Rubin, of In an Uncertain World. His first book, In Defense of Government, was published in 1996.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jack on April 02, 2008

Okay, so I said it was time to take a break from books on Iraq for my blood pressure's sake. But this isn't a book about Iraq exclusively; it's about Bush...and exploring his personality and how it has driven his presidency, including in Iraq. That might mitigate this as a "lapse." There is also some......more

Goodreads review by Ed on March 12, 2010

The Bush presidency as viewed through the lens of family psychology or as Harold Blum might put it: Freud as viewed by Shakespeare. Makes a convincing case that the Bush family history and George W Bush's personal demons explain much about the presidency. Moreover, Shakespeare's Henry iv parts 1 and......more

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