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  <title><![CDATA[Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;b&gt;March 2003: The United States invades Iraq.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;October 2006: The world finds out why.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What was really behind the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq? As George W. Bush steered the nation to war, who spoke the truth and who tried to hide it? &lt;i&gt;Hubris&lt;/i&gt; takes us behind the scenes at the Bush White House, the CIA, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Congress to answer all the vital questions about how the Bush administration came to invade Iraq.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Filled with new revelations, &lt;i&gt;Hubris&lt;/i&gt; is a gripping narrative of intrigue that connects the dots between George W. Bush&amp;#8217;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&amp;#8217;s weapons of mass destruction, the startling influence of an obscure academic on top government officials, the &lt;i&gt;real &lt;/i&gt;reason Valerie Plame was outed, and a top reporter&amp;#8217;s ties to wily Iraqi exiles trying to start a war. Written by veteran reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn, this is the inside story of how President Bush took the nation to war using faulty and fraudulent intelligence. It is a news-making account of conspiracy, backstabbing, bureaucratic ineptitude, journalistic malfeasance, and, especially, arrogance.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael Isikoff]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 04 12:31:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 04 12:42:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I already have A Working Theory about how the hell we got dragged in to this one. It's controversial! Because - for example - I don't think Bush or Blair lied! Which is one thing everyone says they did. I explained this elsewhere but I'll recycle it here again. The year is 2002, the scene is Somewhe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58437879">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52705541">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who wants to know how we got into Iraq. ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 14 17:20:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 30 05:38:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hubris is the best book on how the Bush Administration brought us to war in Iraq.  Its also exceptional at describing the intelligence &quot;failure&quot; and the entire sordid Valerie Plame affair.  The book is written by Michael Isikoff, the Newsweek reporter who broke the Monica Lewinski scandal,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52705541">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 09 17:39:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 09 17:42:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Treating very recent history is difficult because a writer is much more emotionally invested. Here Isikoff uses the journalistic accounts and government reports to uncover the truly sinister actions of the Bush administration to manufacture a case for war against Iraq despite the compelling evidence...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48744982">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72586866">
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 26 15:54:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 26 15:54:03 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fine, reasonably balanced (fans of the Bush administration won't think so) look at how we got to where we're at now.[return][return]The picture ain't pretty--politicians of both parties, intelligence workers and reporters all come off very badly.[return][return]Patriotism is apparently not just th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72586866">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63582364">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 15 08:26:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 15 08:29:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[when i read this book i stopped hating George bush as much as i did before, politics in America is a lot more complicated than i thought. but 80% more honest and in favor of the public. ]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Apr 05 18:21:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Much like Woodward's books of late, I'm thoroughly enjoying this, but it's also making me a little ill.]]></body>
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    <review id="5281097">
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 29 06:22:06 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 09 08:38:30 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit tedious, and there's way too much ink spent on the Valerie Plame affair, but still a useful primer on how a majority of the American populace (me included) was duped into supporting the military intervention in Iraq. From the dubious rationale for the invasion (aluminum tubes + yellowcake from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5281097">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8275079">
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    <name><![CDATA[Marcel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ormond Beach, FL]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 26 08:55:10 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 26 09:01:38 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing expose of the events and decisions following 9/11 that ended with the invasion of Iraq.  I read this book because it was written by not one, but two investigative journalists of opposing political viewpoints.  The authors researched and wrote in a cooperative effort to get at the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8275079">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60032977">
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    <name><![CDATA[Cynthia]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Disturbing. More disturbing. Proof that 'where there's a will, there's a way'. Damn.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60032977]]></url>
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    <review id="958781">
    <user id="70112">
    <name><![CDATA[stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 30 18:52:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 30 19:01:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book because my boss wrote it (David Corn). I think it started to lag in the second half-- just got too nitty-gritty, I guess-- but it's worth reading if you want to understand as best as anyone can how we ended up at war in Iraq. It's pretty crazy; you really can't make this stuff up. A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/958781">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39803185">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bryan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Dec 10 13:23:13 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[great book]]></body>
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    <review id="17741165">
    <user id="88424">
    <name><![CDATA[Jack]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent chronicle in absolute terms, although after Woodward's plan of attack a lot of it feels familiar (except for this book's in-depth discussion of the valerie plame affair, with which woodward was loosely involved).   And I've read enough on Iraq lately that it becomes hard to keep everyth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17741165">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69986373">
    <user id="2701245">
    <name><![CDATA[Martine]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 03 18:34:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 07 18:39:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Can you guess just how far the right will go?]]></body>
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    <review id="12371928">
    <user id="775103">
    <name><![CDATA[Peterod0922]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A strong account of the idiocy which has led us into the Iraq war.  It does stay pretty much to the narrative of what the two authower were able to uncover on their own, and doesn't make too many leaps with the evidence into motives.  However the evidence they are able to uncover is damning enough. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12371928">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9994156">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sam]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book presents overwhelming evidence that the Bush and Cheney decided to go to war in Iraq a long time ago, even before 9/11, and details exactly how they strong-armed intelligence officials into delivering any scraps that could be distorted into evidence in favor of the predetermined decision t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9994156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10497043">
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    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great and very detailed account of the intelligence failures of the Bush Administration leading up to the war as well as a step by step time line of where, when and how. I don't think anyone reading this book can ignore the complete and udder arrogance this administration processes, and we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10497043">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2709785">
    <user id="80089">
    <name><![CDATA[chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>        
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[those interestested in background of CIA,  Whitehouse, &amp; Media's influence in atttacking Iraq.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 04 10:21:06 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 25 07:34:34 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought it was a good read, but it may not be for everyone.  I found myself daydreaming through parts only to have to re-read the section.  The author pieces together information that I have heard from separate sources into one book. If you know the key players then you may really enjoy the book, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2709785">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11876950">
    <user id="711449">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was informative but at the same time it was depressing.  I have never really seen a more appropriate title to a book other than the dictionary.  I was upset that people could be so blinded by their own beliefs that rational objective thinking is ignored because it doesn't mesh with what th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17728412">more...</a>]]></body>
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