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Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush
by Robert Draper
from Free Press
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Great first draft of the history of the GWB presidency
Dead Certain is a fantastic first attempt to objectively judge the GW Bush years. That will not be an easy task for a decade or more. People will argue about Iraq, the deficit, Katrina, and so much more for decades to come. Yet Draper did a fine job of walking the tightrope of objectivity, so much as is possible. Well written with just enough new nuggets to make it worthwhile reading even for those who follow politics.
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Good book
Wolffe states in his review that "Here is a president who boasts of reading around 100 books a year, promotes reading standards and No Child Left Behind, graduated from Yale and Harvard, and is married to a librarian. Yet he thinks he can't learn lessons by reading. You can almost hear the critics scoff."
Perhaps Wolffe needs to learn to comprehend what he's read a bit better. Bush is correct: there are just some things one can't learn by reading; instead one has to learn by doing. Wolffe's failure to... more info
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Fills in some gaps about Bush's character
As Mr. Draper stated, "Bush's virtues and his vices were one and the same." This statement pretty much sums it up for every person that has been our president. Mr. Draper has done a fine job of helping to make President Bush a more rounded character. However, I would not recommend the author's book as the definitive analysis of this controversial man. In fact, there is no such book that I am aware that can claim to be so. Mr. Draper's book has plenty of areas that could have been covered in more detail, but... more info
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Selective insights into Bush but a pleasant book overall
The Bush presidency still has almost a year to go, and already the stream of "definitive" books on his presidency is starting to trickle down.
In "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush" (480 pages), author Robert Draper paints a very closely researched picture of the Bush presidency. It appears that Draper had unprecedented access to the President and those around him. Draper spends very little time on what it is that brought Bush to the presidency, his previous life as governor of Texas and... more info
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