Hubris

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

Michael Isikoff, David Corn

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English

Three Rivers Press
15 July 2007

Military history; Iraq War; Political science & theory; Political structure & processes; Warfare & defence

For readers of big, newsbreaking, journalistic narratives about the Bush administration and the war in Iraq, including Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward, Chain of Command by Seymour Hersh, and Against all Enemies by Richard Clarke; readers of anti-Bush books like The Price of Loyalty by Ron Susskind and Worse than Watergate by John Dean.

The real story behind the investigation of Iraq, and the basis for the MSNBC documentary of the same name hosted by Rachel Maddow

Filled with news-making revelations that made it a New York Times bestseller, Hubris takes us behind the scenes at the White House, CIA, Pentagon, State

Department, and Congress to show how George W. Bush came to invade Iraq--and how his administration struggled with the devastating fallout.

Hubris connects the dots between Bush's expletive-laden outbursts at Saddam

Hussein, the bitter battles between the CIA and the White House, the

fights within the intelligence community over Saddam's supposed weapons

of mass destruction, the outing of an undercover CIA officer, and the

Bush administration's misleading sales campaign for war. Written by

veteran reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn, this is

an inside look at how a president took the nation to war using faulty

and fraudulent intelligence. It's a dramatic page-turner and an

intriguing account of conspiracy, backstabbing, bureaucratic ineptitude,

journalistic malfeasance, and arrogance.

By: Michael Isikoff, David Corn
Imprint: Three Rivers Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 349g
ISBN: 9780307346827
ISBN 10: 030734682X
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 15 July 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Isikoff is an award-winning investigative correspondent for Yahoo! News, a frequent guest on MSNBC and other cable news networks, and the author of the bestselling Uncovering Clinton. David Corn is an American political journalist, and has been the Washington editor of The Nation and a Fox News Channel contributor. He is the author of the bestselling The Lies of George W. Bush, the novel Deep Background, and the biography Blond Ghost.

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

Indispensable ... There have been many books about the Iraq War, and there will be many others before we are through. This one, however, pulls together with unusually shocking clarity the multiple failures of process and statecraft. --WASHINGTON POST The most comprehensive account of the White House's political machinations ... fascinating reading. --THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW A bold and provocative book. --TOM BROKAW