

The Great Rift
Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era
Author: James Mann
Narrator: Joe Barrett
Unabridged: 13 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 01/14/2020
Synopsis
But from that pinnacle, conflicts of ideology and sensibility drove Cheney and Powell apart. Under George W. Bush, they fell into ever-deepening conflict. Cheney personified the idea that America should use its unrivaled power to reorder the world, using military force and ignoring objections from its longstanding allies. Powell believed that the United States should operate through diplomacy as much as possible, relying on the alliances it had forged.
In this wide-ranging and deeply researched reassessment of these two major figures, James Mann explores each man’s biography and philosophical predispositions to show how and why this deep and permanent rupture occurred. Through dozens of original interviews and surprising revelations from presidential archives, he brings to life the very human story of how this influential friendship turned so sour and how their enmity colored the way America acts in the world.