Decision Points

Brief Description: Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, President George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life--of his presidency and in his personal life--in gripping, never-before-heard detail. Brief Description: "Decision Points" will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history--and the man at the center of events. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, President George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. Brief Description: A memoir from America's forty-third president, offering a journey through the defining decisions of his life, in addition to a reckoning of his flaws, mistakes, and accomplishments. Brief Description: A memoir from George w. Bush, America's forty-third president, offering a journey through the defining decisions of his life, in addition to a reckoning of his flaws, mistakes, and accomplishments. Biographical Note: Since leaving office, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH has led the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The center includes an active policy institute working to advance initiatives in the fields of education reform, global health, economic growth, and human freedom, with a special emphasis on promoting social entrepreneurship and creating opportunities for women around the world. It will also house an official government archive and a state-of-the-art museum that will open in 2013. Publisher Marketing: In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life. George W. Bush served as president of the United States during eight of the most consequential years in American history. The decisions that reached his desk impacted people around the world and defined the times in which we live."Decision Points "brings readers inside the Texas governor's mansion on the night of the 2000 election, aboard Air Force One during the harrowing hours after the attacks of September 11, 2001, into the Situation Room moments before the start of the war in Iraq, and behind the scenes at the White House for many other historic presidential decisions. For the first time, we learn President Bush's perspective and insights on: His decision to quit drinking and the journey that led him to his Christian faith The selection of the vice president, secretary of defense, secretary of state, Supreme Court justices, and other key officials His relationships with his wife, daughters, and parents, including heartfelt letters between the president and his father on the eve of the Iraq War His administration's counterterrorism programs, including the CIA's enhanced interrogations and the Terrorist Surveillance Program Why the worst moment of the presidency was hearing accusations that race played a role in the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina, and a critical assessment of what he would have done differently during the crisis His deep concern that Iraq could turn into a defeat costlier than Vietnam, and how he decided to defy public opinion by ordering the troop surge His legislative achievements, including tax cuts and reforming education and Medicare, as well as his setbacks, including Social Security and immigration reform The relationships he forged with other world leaders, including an honest assessment of those he did and didn't trust Why the failure to bring Osama bin Laden to justice ranks as his biggest disappointment and why his success in denying the terrorists their fondest wish--attacking America again--is among his proudest achievements A groundbreaking new brand of presidential memoir, "Decision Points "will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on eight remarkable years in American history--and on the man at the center of events. Review Citations:

Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2010 pg. 46 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 11/19/2010 pg. 102 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

People Weekly 11/29/2010 pg. 59 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

New Yorker (The) 11/29/2010 pg. 72 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

New York Times Book Review 12/19/2010 pg. 8 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

New York Review of Books 01/13/2011 pg. 4 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2010 pg. 1247 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1139 (EAN 9780307590619, Hardcover)

New York Review of Books 04/03/2014 pg. 74 (EAN 9780307590633, Paperback)

Audio File 02/01/2011 pg. 37 (EAN 9780307748645, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1139 (EAN 9780307590626, Other)

Contributor Bio:  Bush, George W George Bush, forty-first president of the United States (1989A-1993), is the coauthor with Brent Scowcroft of the 1998 critically acclaimed book ""A World Transformed."" He and his wife, Barbara, live in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine.