The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens

by Elizabeth Holtzman, Cynthia L. Cooper

No one is better placed or qualified to call for the impeachment of George W. Bush than Elizabeth Holtzman. She is a former Congresswoman and Brooklyn District Attorney who was a vital member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.

In The Impeachment of George W. Bush, Holtzman and her coauthor, acclaimed journalist Cynthia L. Cooper, have written a clear, lucid and damning legal brief that reveals that the 43rd President of the United States of America has committed high crimes and misdemeanors.

This book focuses on four articles of The Offense of Wiretapping Surveillance in Defiance of the Law; the Offence of Lying and Inducing America to Support a War; The Offense of Reckless Indifference to the Lives and Welfare of American Troops; The Offense of Torture in Violation of U.S. Laws and Treaties. It also provides an invaluable guide to how citizens can get involved in campaigning for impeachment, as well as an important historical analysis of impeachments past. The publication of this book is a summons to action in this process.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 22, 2006

Reviews

[Trevor Hall]

I have to admit that this was a case of the author preaching to the converted. I always believed that Bush should have been impeached and that Blair should have been removed from office, and still today that both should be prosecuted for leading two nations to war on false pretences. This book, comprehensively well written and put together, confirms those beliefs. However, it helped me to see that Bush was guilty of far more, not least his failure to mobilise resources in the face of Hurricane Katrina. To this day, I am still amazed that both men were re-elected for second terms. The only negative I have to comment on is the number of typographical errors; for an expensive book, these are unacceptable.