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Douglas J. Feith, the Bush Administration's most influential and controversial international policy strategist, offers an intimate, you-are-there chronicle of the planning of the War on Terror. A highly influential international policy analyst for more than a quarter century before joining the Bush Administration in 2001, Feith worked closely with Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Cheney, and President Bush in defining the U.S. response to the attacks of 9/11, from the successful war on Afghanistan to the more challenging invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. Now, in this candid and revealing memoir, Feith offers the most in-depth and authoritative account yet of the Pentagon's evolving stance during one of the most controversial eras of American history. Drawing upon a unique trove of documents and records, this extraordinary chronicle will put the reader in the room for scores of previously unreported senior-level meetings, showing how hundreds of critical decisions were made in defense of American interests during and after the crisis of 9/11. Where journalists like Bob Woodward could only speculate, Feith is the first inside player to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, at a time when history hung in the balance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #359936 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 688 pages

About the Author
Douglas Feith was appointed as the US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in 2001, and served in that capacity until the summer of 2005. Before that, Feith served as a Middle East specialist at the Pentagon, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations. A prolific writer on international law and foreign defense policy, contributing articles to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications.