The Fall of the House of Bush, Craig Unger
The Fall of the House of Bush, Craig Unger
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The Fall of the House of Bush
The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future

Author: Craig Unger

Narrator: James Naughton

Abridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/13/2007


Synopsis

How Did This Happen?

The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy fiasco in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and this story has never been fully told, until now.

From Craig Unger, the author of the bestseller House of Bush, House of Saud, comes a comprehensive, deeply sourced, and chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the most vital safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East that is getting worse day by day.

Craig Unger knows how to get the big story -- and this one is his most explosive yet. Through scores of interviews with figures in the Christian Right, the neoconservative movement, the Bush administration, and sources close to the Bush family, as well as intelligence agents in the CIA, the Pentagon, and Israel, Unger has assembled the most comprehensive, provocative, and dramatic account of how and why George W. Bush took America to war in Iraq.

About Craig Unger

Craig Unger is the author of the New York Times bestselling House of Bush, House of Saud. He appears frequently as an analyst on CNN, the ABC Radio Network, and other broadcast outlets. The former deputy editor of The New York Observer and editor-in-chief of Boston Magazine, he has written about George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush for The New YorkerEsquire, and Vanity Fair. He lives in New York City. 

About James Naughton

James Naughton has won Tony Awards for his starring roles in City of Angels and Chicago on Broadway, and a Mac Award for his one-man show James Naughton: Street of Dreams. He directed the acclaimed Broadway revivals of Our Town and Arthur Miller's The Price. On television, he appeared in Brooklyn Bridge, The Cosby Mysteries, and Ally McBeal. His films include The Devil Wears Prada, The Good Mother, The Glass Menagerie, and The Paper Chase.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joseph on October 29, 2016

This is kind of an odd book even though I largely enjoyed it. It's a journalistic account of the Bush administration that sort of treats the Bush family as a tragic hero (or villain?) in American politics. Unger's argument is that Bush II brought together two key strains in American political though......more

Goodreads review by Ray on June 07, 2009

There've been many book written about the Bush Presidency, most written by people with open access to the Administration, so you hope you're getting facts and not biased opinions. Few offer glowing summaries, and this one is no different. However, this one, being one of the latter books, does a good......more

Goodreads review by Toby on March 07, 2020

I think this is the first book ive read that really examined Bush 41 vs 43 and clearly delineates how they diverge. It is quite clear of the two, 41 was more successful in every way aside from presidential longevity. W is a lesson for history, the idea that special interest groups can hold such poli......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on February 24, 2021

Do not buy this if you have already got his other book,”American Armageddon” which is exactly the same,just republished 1 year later in 2008.There is nowhere to be found as to why this occurred,maybe a reboot with a new title due to poor sales.Who knows. I nearly made a fool of myself,after having gi......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 26, 2008

The detail and references make this book read more like an encyclopedia entry. I sometimes feel the author is pushing his view of his subject just a little, but mostly this is a highly factual (and supported) account of the neocon takeover of the Bush 43 administration, the replacing of objective in......more