TY - BOOK AU - Draper,Robert TI - Dead certain: the presidency of George W. Bush SN - 9780743277280 AV - E 902 .D791 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - Bush, George W. KW - Pride and vanity KW - Political aspects KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - 2001-2009 KW - Foreign relations KW - 2001- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-440) and index N2 - In this press-wary administration, journalist Draper has accomplished a small miracle: He has knocked on all the right doors, and thus become the first author to tell a personality-driven history of the Bush years. With access to all the key figures of this administration and perhaps 200 other players, Draper delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered administration, with a special emphasis on how the very personality of this strong-willed president has affected the outcome of events. Though the headlines may be familiar, the details, the utterly inside account of how events transpired will come as fresh reportage to even the most devoted followers of mainstream media coverage. Draper allows us to witness in complete granularity the personal force of a president determined to achieve big things, who confronted the history of his time with what can surely be described as dead certainty.--From publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023471.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007023471-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007023471-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2007023471-b.html ER -