This book chronicles the presidency of George W. Bush, through almost 600 quotes from over 90 authors and other information sources, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Hans Blix, head of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003; former President George W. Bush himself; former Vice President Dick Cheney; former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold; former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; and writers and journalists such as Steve Coll, Frank Rich, Craig Unger and Bob Woodward. The author presents detailed sourced evidence of three crimes committed by George W. Bush during his presidency:
His failure to take the many warnings of coming terror attacks on our country seriously.Taking our country, by misleading and false information, into an unnecessary and disastrous 2003 war with Iraq, costing the lives of more than 4,000 Americans and 500,000 others.Breaking domestic and international laws by approving the torturing of people thought to have needed information of terrorists and their plans. While the author lays out his case of the crimes, he leaves it up to each reader to decide on the probable guilt, or not, of George W. Bush and his actions and non-actions regarding the alleged crimes.
Industry Reviews
"A sharp prosecution against the former president for the disasters of 9/11 and the Iraq War. A provocative, readable indictment for our time."
-Kirkus
"This book will help all who study it better understand the potential danger of misplaced loyalty."
-Victor Madeson, Valor Publishing
"Steven Markoff's The Case Against George W. Bush is a meticulously documented indictment of President George W. Bush's criminal dereliction of duty in failing to protect our country from the foreseen 9/11 terrorist attacks, manufacturing justification for invading Iraq in the pursuit of oil, and committing war crimes in approving, and then lying about his authorization of, illegally torturing captives in the so-called War on Terror. With almost 600 sources from government reports and documents, eyewitnesses, and reputable scholars and journalists, Markoff skillfully lays out his case in the best tradition of a brilliant prosecutor. As I savored his compelling narrative, it felt like I was once again reading transcripts from the Nuremberg Trials. If we want to avoid a similar future assault on our historic commitment to humanitarian values, The Case Against George W. Bush is required reading."-
Pierce O'Donnell, constitutional lawyer and author of In Time of War: Hitler's Terrorist Attack on America