# Bush at War

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{{Short description|2002 nonfiction book by Bob Woodward}}
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'''''Bush at War''''' is a 2002 book by ''[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)'' reporter [Bob Woodward](/source/Bob_Woodward) recounting President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush)'s responses to the [September 11 attacks](/source/September_11_attacks) and his administration's handling of the subsequent [War in Afghanistan](/source/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)).

Much of the book recounts events in meetings of the [United States National Security Council](/source/United_States_National_Security_Council) (NSC), with the major players in the story, including the President, [Dick Cheney](/source/Dick_Cheney), [Colin Powell](/source/Colin_Powell), [George Tenet](/source/George_Tenet) and [Condoleezza Rice](/source/Condoleezza_Rice), developed from NSC meeting notes and Woodward's interviews with administration officials.

Woodward especially focuses on the administration's decision to go to war in Afghanistan and its strategic and tactical decisions. As one of the first detailed accounts of these decisions, prior to inside accounts like [Richard A. Clarke](/source/Richard_A._Clarke)'s ''[Against All Enemies](/source/Against_All_Enemies)'', Woodward's book was widely acclaimed, getting praise from ''[The Times](/source/The_Times)'' and other major papers.{{Which|date=May 2011}} The book was criticized by [Michael Scheuer](/source/Michael_Scheuer), former [CIA](/source/CIA) chief of the [Bin Laden station](/source/Bin_Laden_Issue_Station), in his book ''[Imperial Hubris](/source/Imperial_Hubris)'' for offering a platform for government leaks, which he deemed harmful to national security: "After reading Mr. Woodward's ''Bush at War'', it seems to me that the U.S. officials who either approved or participated in passing the information—in documents and via interviews—that is the heart of Mr. Woodward's book, gave an untold measure of aid and comfort to the enemy."

==External links==
* ''The Times'' [https://archive.today/20110514000425/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-489468,00.html discussion] of the book.

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Category:2002 non-fiction books
Category:Books by Bob Woodward
Category:Books about George W. Bush
Category:War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) books
Category:Books about the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Category:Books about the war on terror
Category:American non-fiction books
Category:English-language non-fiction books
Category:Cultural depictions of George W. Bush

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