Has Anyone Read Bush At War By Bob Woodward? Could You Please Share Your Findings From This Book?

As a home work before writing the "Bush at War", Woodward met in isolation with the President's war cabinet, their deputies, and with some other significant personnel to discuss their response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. The first 311 pages of this book cover the Afghanistan war, from September 11 to November 12, 2001—only two months, from the times when the chiefs are notified about the attack, to the day when the Taliban Afghan government is seen to completely loosen.

This meeting-by-meeting, report-by-report, story is followed by a forty one page Epilogue that knots up the loose ends, covers point of views on carrying the war on terror to Iraq, and comes to an end with Woodward's final dialogue with President Bush on August 20, 2002.

The character George W. Bush exposed and what we can predict from that of his possible future actions is our foremost interest. He told Woodward he believes in his make-up and he never has any doubts. In the Afghanistan clash, he forced the pace, made the right choices even if they went in opposition to his previous style, and kept the country unite. In sum, he was an efficient organizer.

But what about the future? Since President Bush has set his eyes on Iraq. Will North Korea or Iran be the next? Will George W. Bush be seen by historians as a great president, a gently talking Teddy Roosevelt who carried a bigger stick, or will he be seen as the cowboy what Europeans now call him - a body with horse-killing urge?