<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="2866279">
  <title><![CDATA[The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[1416558977]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9781416558972]]></isbn13>
  <work>
  <best-book-id type="integer">2866279</best-book-id>
  <books-count type="integer">6</books-count>
  <default-description>Bob Woodward's fourth book about the Bush presidency at war declassifies the secrets of America's political and military involvement in Iraq. It will be essential reading for all citizens -- and candidates -- in this election year.</default-description>
  <id type="integer">2892428</id>
  <media-type nil="true"></media-type>
  <original-language-id type="integer" nil="true"></original-language-id>
  <original-publication-day type="integer">8</original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006-2008</original-title>
  <rating-dist>total:327|5:46|4:131|3:125|2:24|1:1|</rating-dist>
  <ratings-count type="integer">327</ratings-count>
  <ratings-sum type="integer">1178</ratings-sum>
  <reviews-count type="integer">643</reviews-count>
  <text-reviews-count type="integer">97</text-reviews-count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.60]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[306]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[86]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2866279.The_War_Within_A_Secret_White_House_History_2006_2008]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="15441">
      <name><![CDATA[Bob Woodward]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15441.Bob_Woodward]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.74]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[6700]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[872]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
  <reviews start="1" end="20" total="643">
    <review id="33967340">
  <user id="1510271">
    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1510271-steve?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 27 09:30:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 07 16:03:29 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It says a lot about a book, when the most hyped part on the media tour of it isn’t actually in it.  Of course, I’m referring to Bob Woodward’s revelation in ‘The War Within’ that the success of the surge was based less on troop increases and more on a secret ‘Manhattan-like project.’  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33967340">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33967340?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40106614">
  <user id="56449">
    <name><![CDATA[Justin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/56449-justin-clark?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 14 17:47:03 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 14 17:56:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I tried to start reading this before Making Strides. Was unable to get to it, but set aside some time in November to finish it. <br/><br/>I've always enjoyed Woodward. This book is very similar to the previous three in the Bush series. Woodward's greatest fault (which is evident in his writing) is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40106614">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40106614?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="45726312">
  <user id="129063">
    <name><![CDATA[Jack]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Leesburg, VA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/129063-jack?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="history" />
        <shelf name="nonfiction" />
        <shelf name="politics" />
        <shelf name="presidents" />
        <shelf name="war" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 08 07:27:45 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 08 07:28:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is Woodward's fourth book on the Bush Presidency at war.  It's also, I thought, the best.  As with all of Woodward's books, the reader is left to wonder how exactly Woodward acquired all of his insider information.  However, it is clear he had access to the biggest players involved in the Bush ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45726312">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45726312?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="39101920">
  <user id="1275835">
    <name><![CDATA[Jon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1275835-jon?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="history" />
        <shelf name="politics" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 02 07:40:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 02 07:47:48 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book didn't fully hold my attention since I didn't read this until after the 2008 election.  Even though the information here is good and has lots of relevance to Bush's legacy, I just can't get excited about reading the subject of a Bush presidency anymore.  Thus, I skimmed through it pretty q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39101920">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39101920?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40128942">
  <user id="1526851">
    <name><![CDATA[Will]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1526851-will?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="military-and-intelligence---non-fic" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
        <shelf name="the-bush-administration" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 15 00:14:52 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 23 03:12:17 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The focus here is less on Bush per se than on the activities within the military, diplomatic and white house worlds on how to address the clear failure in Iraq. Bush seems almost a minor figure in the story told here. <br/><br/>It is clear that contrary to the claim that he listens to his commande...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40128942">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40128942?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="65601330">
  <user id="618923">
    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/618923-david?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 30 19:12:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 09 16:01:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Bob Woodward’s The War Within: A Secret White House History 2006–2008 is an intimate tour of the sausage factory that ground out the “surge” strategy for Iraq. The process is grotesque, as are the inevitable excretions being tended to now by the Obama administration.<br/><br/>This book is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65601330">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65601330?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="39133959">
  <user id="1760882">
    <name><![CDATA[Ikonopeiston]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1760882-ikonopeiston?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="kindle" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[current historians]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 02 13:49:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 16 15:30:50 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of Woodward's books I have read since <u> All the President's Men</u>.  The subject matter is engrossing and confirms all one's worst suspicions about the Bush White House.  However, the writing is prosaic and genuinely bad in spots.  I fear Woodward is no stylist and has no real love for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39133959">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39133959?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="33017490">
  <user id="651525">
    <name><![CDATA[Colleen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Airville, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/651525-colleen?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 16 12:27:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 16 05:40:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Bob Woodward is seriously the most boring author I've ever read. How do you take &quot;a secret White House history,&quot; which should be fascinating considering this administration's penchant for secrecy, and make it so drab?? I got through two discs before realizing that I hadn't heard a word the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33017490">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33017490?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="47140353">
  <user id="863443">
    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/863443-jim?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 22 08:23:11 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 22 08:32:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Gave it a four; not because of the writing style, but because of the content, the information that usually doesn't become public.  It was interesting, though not surprising to read that Bush basically ignored all the study groups that were coming up with recommendations on how to get out of the stag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47140353">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47140353?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="46026800">
  <user id="85813">
    <name><![CDATA[Kristina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Antonio, TX]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/85813-kristina?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 11 07:58:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 12:03:56 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[After living through all of the drama from the last couple of years of the Bush administration, I guess I find myself just not caring as much as I had then.  The book is well written and you really wonder where he gets his source materials.  I wanted to know more about the secret programs that yield...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46026800">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46026800?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="51554154">
  <user id="760700">
    <name><![CDATA[Ray]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oceanside, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/760700-ray?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 05 00:18:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 03 20:29:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The &quot;War Within&quot; is the last in the Woodward series about the Bush Administration, covering Bush's last two years and focusing on the War in Iraq.  The book discusses the debates and decisions being made about the war, especially the surge in troops, who was for and who was against, and ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51554154">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51554154?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="47307147">
  <user id="1266944">
    <name><![CDATA[Lauren]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1266944-lauren?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="biographies" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 23 16:22:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 18 09:01:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A very historically important look at what happens when the leaders of government do not discuss what they really think when it comes to the safety of the country. Woodward gave tedious look at what happened in the weeks following 9/11. His factual accounts based on hours of interviews and previousl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47307147">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47307147?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="49544647">
  <user id="260763">
    <name><![CDATA[Brian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/260763-brian?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 17 07:06:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 17 07:12:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this next book in the Woodward series on the Bush presidency.  I still don't know how Woodward gets so much inside info.  This one was particularly revealing about how little confidence the Bush administration had in the Iraq war and how much disagreement there was across groups (Defense, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49544647">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49544647?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57158254">
  <user id="1034004">
    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1034004-amanda?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="history" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 24 11:10:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 27 21:04:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Really a bit strange to read this book while the war it references is still very much in play.  Intimate look at Bush and his commitment to an ideology and his comfort with delegating his authority to other people as long as what he deems &quot;right&quot; is still in tact (i.e., sometimes he pushed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57158254">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57158254?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="75429045">
  <user id="1778982">
    <name><![CDATA[Uncleg]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1778982-uncleg?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 17:51:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 17:52:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Taken from inside sources, the book chronicles the disagreements within the White House, State Department, and Defense Department concerning the failing war in Iraq and what action to take.  Generally, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, General George Casey (commander of forces in Iraq) and Secre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75429045">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75429045?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="66246830">
  <user id="2170480">
    <name><![CDATA[Joe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oklahoma City, OK]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2170480-joe?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 04 20:55:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 27 20:00:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[   I picked this up in an airport, and had a few uninterupted hours to get interested. So at this point, I'm reading the book as a history of recently unfolded events, which is actually how Woodward intended. Even though I knew how things were going to turn out, the glimpse of the behind the scenes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66246830">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66246830?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="36185332">
  <user id="1655583">
    <name><![CDATA[James]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1655583-james?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 25 12:12:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 10 10:26:26 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I've read the earlier Woodward books on the Bush administration, and this one is quite similar. It is disjointed, uneven, often uninteresting, but it nonetheless documents an oral history of what people in the administration were thinking during a particular sequence of months in the first six years...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36185332">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36185332?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34969727">
  <user id="196332">
    <name><![CDATA[Sydney]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/196332-sydney?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 10 05:45:34 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 06 05:53:21 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I began this book prepared to be skeptical of Woodward's perspective and coverage, I ended with increased respect for the author and dismay about this Administration's mismanagement of all aspects of the war and the President's unwavering trust in Rumsfeld until buried beneath an avalanche of milita...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34969727">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34969727?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34942280">
  <user id="1607287">
    <name><![CDATA[Blake]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1607287-blake?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="iraq" />
        <shelf name="middle-east" />
        <shelf name="military" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 09 17:00:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 11:20:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Bob Woodward's series on the Bush Administration are good reads for anyone interested in a factual and well documented/sourced account of the Bush Administration at war. The War Within deals with the Bush Administration's change in strategy and all the Beltway drama that went along with it (other bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34942280">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34942280?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="34158955">
  <user id="710618">
    <name><![CDATA[Ian]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Gainesville, FL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/710618-ian?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
        <shelf name="own" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 29 17:34:33 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 12 12:13:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes you read a book that shocks you, makes you ashamed at how little you knew about something important in the world around you. This book had that effect on me. It's too bad that more Americans won't have read this by the time they vote in November.<br/><br/>I don't think it will change any...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34158955">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34158955?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>