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What happened : inside the Bush White House and Washington's culture of deception / Scott McClellan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McClellan, Scott, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McClellan, Scott, 1968-.
- McClellan, Scott.
- Presidential press secretaries--United States--Biography.
- Presidential press secretaries.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 341 p., [8] p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Public Affairs, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The former White House press secretary examines how and why the Bush administration went awry, providing a look at George W. Bush and his top aides in terms of such crises as Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war, and Washington's political infighting.
- Contents:
- A made-for-Washington scandal
- A small part of something grand
- Growing up in politics
- Governor Bush runs for President
- The permanent campaign
- The early days
- September 11 and the partisan ceasefire
- Selling the war
- Becoming White House press secretary
- Deniability
- Betting the presidency
- Brush fire
- Triumph and illusion
- Revelation and humiliation
- Out of touch
- After the trial
- Changing the culture of deception.
- Notes:
- Digitized and made available by: Books24x7.com.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-48715-9
- 9786612487156
- 1-58648-652-7
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