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    Plan of Attack

    By Bob Woodward

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    Award-winning journalist Bob Woodward has spent over thirty years in Washington's corridors of power. In All the President's Men it was he, together with Carl Bernstein, who exposed the Watergate scandal and he has been giving us a privileged front-row seat to White-House intrigue and decision-making ever since.

    With PLAN OF ATTACK he brings his investigative skills to bear on the administration of George W. Bush, and the build-up to war in Iraq. What emerges is a fascinating and intimate portrait of the leading powers in Bush's war council and their allies overseas as they prepare their pre-emptive attack and change the course of history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateDec 25, 2012
    ISBN9781471104671
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    Bob Woodward

    Bob Woodward is an associate editor at The Washington Post, where he has worked for more than 50 years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his Watergate coverage and the other for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored 21 bestselling books, 15 of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers.

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    • 4/5
      Woodward puts together a great book!This is another great look behind the curtain of a presidential administration. This book takes you right to the heart of the matter of the Iraqi conflict. Woodward shows just how much restraint the president used rather than running to war as most had feared. There is a lot here to pay attention to as it relates to the relationships with the president and how he responds to the demands from each person. Woodward pulls all of those ends together.
    • 3/5
      Woodward had remarkable access to Bush and his colleagues, probably more than any other reporter which makes this group of books unique. Woodward also brings a remarkable background, beginning with the Nixon administration to the project. These books will always be invaluable to the history of the Bush administration.
    • 3/5
      Agenda Setting Media Power If this book proves one thing, it is the media’s agenda setting power.No one or nothing can tell Americans what to think. The media, however, can be singularly successful at telling Americans what to think about. If you doubt this, simply take a look at this book’s reviews. Everyone has an opinion and my hunch is that none of those opinions were changed by their reading of the book.There is no doubt that Woodward is a gifted reporter. Not only does he possess access to the key players, but also the ability to gain their confidence. Sources talk to Woodward. Once he garners the sources recollections of what happened, he relates to the reader in a clear and concise fashion.At a time when we are being asked to place our children in harm's way, in a part of the world that few of us have even visited, serious policy questions come to mind. A book affords the proper media for questions of this nature to be explored. Bob Woodward, true to his journalistic training, does not venture here. Rather, the reader is given a blow-by-blow account of the stage entrances and exits of key Washington players reconstructed from interviews and notes of the players. There is no thoughtful review of the questions raised. These are conclusions I can draw from reading my daily newspaper. I recognize that television's pervasive influence has forced other media outlets to adapt a tabloid view of the world in order to compete for eyeballs. The type of book I want to read takes longer to prepare, if it is going to be done well. Clearly Bob Woodward and his publisher did not have that luxury. The market is hot; the public is being subjected to a cascade of Bush bashing books. Clearly a newspaper, like the Washington Post where the author serves as Assistant Managing Editor, provides the best medium to distribute this type of detailed reporting. But then again, that cuts out the book publisher. It is at times like this when I recognize how old-fashioned I have become. Quality reporting belongs in the pages of a quality daily newspaper where it can be published in a timely fashion. Books should be reserved for the policy questions raised by that reporting.The good news is given the facts, the American public has the capacity to sort and arrive at a conclusion. The question this book raises is why we have to wait for a book to be published to have access to them.
    • 3/5
      Very dry (politics really aren't my passion) but thorough and fairly written. It was an interesting look into all the things that went on beyond the scope of press conferences.
    • 4/5
      Woodward's method depends heavily on priviliged access to sources in the know, and reading his books, you can always tell who talked--they come off best.This beholden-ness to special sources weakens his writing, but less so here than in Bush at War. Read Bush at War next to his latest book--can these possibily be the same people? What ever happened to the Harvard Business School President? What ever happened to all that competency?
    • 3/5
      Listened to an abridged version of the book.
    • 4/5
      Woodward's insta-history of the Iraq war. A quick, and decent, read.