Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
by By Corn, David and Isikoff, Michael
Category: Political Science , American Government , General

The real story behind the investigation of Iraq, and the basis for the MSNBC documentary of the same name hosted by Rachel MaddowFilled with news-making revelations that made it a New York Times bestseller, Hubris takes us behind the scenes at the White House, CIA, Pentagon, State  Department, and Congress to show how George W. Bush came to invade Iraq--and how his administration struggled with the devastating fallout.Hubris connects the dots between Bush's expletive-laden outbursts at Saddam  Hussein, the bitter battles between the CIA and the White House, the  fights within the intelligence community over Saddam's supposed weapons  of mass destruction, the outing of an undercover CIA officer, and the  Bush administration's misleading sales campaign for war. Written by  veteran reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn, this is  an inside look at how a president took the nation to war using faulty  and fraudulent intelligence. It's a dramatic page-turner and an  intriguing account of conspiracy, backstabbing, bureaucratic ineptitude,  journalistic malfeasance, and arrogance.