NYT Books in Review: “Revolution of Hope,” “Dead Certain,” “The Terror Presidency,” “Dynamic of Destruction”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/books/review/Thompson-t.html?pagewanted=print

Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith, and Dreams of a Mexican President, by Vincent Fox and Rob Allyn

“Vincente Fox, the former president of Mexico, has some suggestions for America…Fox calls Bush a ‘windsheild cowboy’ and the ‘cockiest’ man he’s ever met.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/books/review/Lewis3-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, by Robert Draper

The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration, by Jack Goldsmith

“George W. Bush knows he’s right; Alberto Gonzales and John Yoo made sure he got his way…Trying to sell the war in Iraq, Dick Cheney said to Dick Armey: ‘They’re going to welcome us. It’ll be like the American Army going through the streets of Paris.'”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/books/review/Sebag-Montefiore-t.html?pagewanted=print

Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War, by Alan Kramer

“Alan Kramer says World War I ushered in a culture of annihilation across Europe.”

 

 

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