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100	1		_aDraper, Robert
245	1	0	_aDead certain _b: the presidency of George W. Bush _c/ Robert Draper
250			_a1st Free Press hardcover ed
260			_aNew York _b: Free Press _c, 2007.
300			_axv, 463 p., [8] p. of plates _b: ill. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 421-440) and index.
520			_aIn this press-wary administration, journalist Draper has accomplished a small miracle: He has knocked on all the right doors, and thus become the first author to tell a personality-driven history of the Bush years. With access to all the key figures of this administration and perhaps 200 other players, Draper delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered administration, with a special emphasis on how the very personality of this strong-willed president has affected the outcome of events. Though the headlines may be familiar, the details, the utterly inside account of how events transpired will come as fresh reportage to even the most devoted followers of mainstream media coverage. Draper allows us to witness in complete granularity the personal force of a president determined to achieve big things, who confronted the history of his time with what can surely be described as dead certainty.--From publisher description.
546			_aEnglish
600	1	4	_aBush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
651		4	_aUnited States _x-Politics and government _y-2001-
651		7	_aUnited States _x-Foreign relations _y-2001-
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