Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency Barton Gellman,
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
ISBN: 1594201862
DDC: 973.931092
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-09-16
Summary:
"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barton Gellman???s newsbreaking
investigative journalism documents how Vice President Dick Cheney
redefined the role of the American vice presidency, assuming
unprecedented responsibilities and making it a post of historic
power.Dick Cheney changed history, defining his times and shaping a
White House as no vice president has before??? yet concealing most of
his work from public view. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post
reporter Barton Gellman parts the curtains of secrecy to show how
Cheney operated, why, and what he wrought.Angler, Gellman???s
embargoed and highly explosive book, is a work of careful, concrete,
and original reporting backed by hundreds of interviews with close
Cheney allies as well as rivals, many speaking candidly on the record
for the first time. On the signature issues of war and peace, Angler
takes readers behind the scenes as Cheney maneuvers for dominance on
what he calls the iron issues from Iraq, Iran, and North Korea to
executive supremacy, interrogation of Al Qaeda suspects, and domestic
espionage. Gellman explores the behind-the - scenes story of
Cheney???s tremendous influence on foreign policy, exposing how he
misled the four ranking members of Congress with faulty intelligence
on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, how he derailed Bush from
venturing into Israeli - Palestinian peace talks for nearly five
years, and how his policy left North Korea and Iran free to make
major advances in their nuclear programs.Domestically, Gellman
details Cheney???s role as ???super Chief of Staff ???, enforcer of
conservative orthodoxy; gatekeeper of Supreme Court nominees; referee
of Cabinet turf; editor of tax and budget laws; and regulator in
chief of the administration???s environment policy. We watch as
Cheney, the ultimate Washington insider, leverages his influence
within the Bush administration in order to implement his policy
goals. Gellman???s discoveries will surprise even the most astute
students of political science.Above all, Angler is a study of the
inner workings of the Bush administration and the vice president???s
central role as the administration???s canniest power player. Gellman
exposes the mechanics of Cheney???s largely successful post-September
11 campaign to win unchecked power for the commander in chief, and
reflects upon, and perhaps changes, the legacy that Cheney???and the
Bush administration as a whole???will leave as they exit office."
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