Bush at War pdf

Robert Upshur Woodward (nacido el 26 de marzo de 1943) es un periodista de investigación estadounidense. Comenzó a trabajar para The Washington Post como reportero en 1971 y ahora tiene el título de editor asociado. Mientras era un joven reportero de The Washington Post en 1972, Woodward se asoció con Carl Bernstein, y los dos hicieron gran parte de los reportajes de noticias originales sobre el escándalo de Watergate. Estos escándalos dieron lugar a numerosas investigaciones gubernamentales y a la eventual dimisión del presidente Richard Nixon. El trabajo de Woodward y Bernstein fue llamado "quizás el mayor esfuerzo periodístico de todos los tiempos" por Gene Roberts. Woodward siguió trabajando para The Washington Post después de su reportaje sobre Watergate. Ha escrito 21 libros sobre política estadounidense y temas de actualidad, 13 de los cuales han encabezado las listas de libros más vendidos. Woodward nació en Ginebra, Illinois, hijo de Jane (de soltera Upshur) y Alfred E. Woodward, un abogado que más tarde se convirtió en juez principal del Tribunal del Circuito Judicial 18. Se crió en las cercanías de Wheaton, Illinois, y se educó en Wheaton Community High School (WCHS), una escuela secundaria pública en la misma ciudad. Sus padres se divorciaron cuando él tenía doce años, y él, su hermano y su hermana fueron criados por su padre, quien posteriormente se volvió a casar Después de ser dado de baja como teniente en agosto de 1970, Woodward fue admitido en la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard, pero decidió no asistir. En cambio, solicitó un trabajo como reportero de The Washington Post mientras tomaba cursos de posgrado en Shakespeare y relaciones internacionales en la Universidad George Washington. Harry M. Rosenfeld, el editor metropolitano del Post, lo puso a prueba durante dos semanas, pero no lo contrató debido a su falta de experiencia periodística. Después de un año en el Montgomery Sentinel, un periódico semanal en los suburbios de Washington, D.C., Woodward fue contratado como reportero del Post en 1971.

Bush at War pdf por Bob Woodward

Award-winning author and journalist Bob Woodward turns his attention to the presidency of George W. Bush. Before the acts of terrorism on 11 September, George W. Bush's presidency had been beset by numerous problems. Not only was it in many peoples eyes invalid, very few people took him seriously as a world statesman. Then following one violent mindless act of terrorism, George W. Bush became a president that his country could rely on, one they felt they could trust to lead them through these difficult times. And the world saw a man who was decisive and resolute, a president who was seemingly determined to route out the people who had carried out the heinous acts. But one year after the attacks how has the 44th President of the United States fared? And what were the actual behind the scenes discussions that took place whilst the country was rocked by the crisis? Bob Woodward has been shadowing the President since those fateful events, he was allowed unprecedented access to closed-door meetings and briefings and this masterful book is a look at what really happened.
"This is an account of President George W. Bush at war during the first 100 days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The information I obtained for this book includes contemporaneous notes taken during more than 50 National Security Council and other meetings where the most important decisions were discussed and made. Many direct quotations of the president and the war cabinet members come from these notes. Other personal notes, memos, calendars, written internal chronologies, transcripts and other documents also were the basis for direct quotations and other parts of this story. In addition, I interviewed more than 100 people involved in the decision making and execution of the war, including President Bush, key war cabinet members, the White House staff, and officials currently serving at various levels of the Defense and State Departments and the CIA. Most sources were interviewed multiple times, several a half-dozen or more times. Most of the interviews were conducted on background meaning that I could use the information but the sources would not be identified by name in this book. Nearly all allowed me to tape-record our interviews, so the story could be told more fully and with the exact language they used."