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Title: The Right Man : The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush by David Frum ISBN: 0-375-50903-8 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.31 (75 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another speechwriter, another memoir, another good read.
Comment: Throughout this book I found the tone similar to David Gergen's "Eyewitness to Power." Whereas Gergen was trying to fit 4 presidents in one book, Mr. Frum deals only with our current president. That focus sets this book apart.
On the jacket, the book talks about Frum's "honest admiration" for George W. Bush. This might set alarm bells off for some potential readers. It shouldn't. It is easy to perceive Frum's surprise (and he does tell us outright) at feeling this admiration after his doubts during the 2000 campaign.
The book is insightful and intimate. The focus is personal, but you can directly compare this profile with those of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton in Mr. Gergen's book. The observations are of a similar vein. More than that, it is an opportunity to get to know a president who, as Frum admits, is pretty insular. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Rating: 4
Summary: An Insider's Oblique Look at Bush
Comment: David Frum's book on George Bush should be considered an insider's account and it is advertised as such on the front cover. Frum served in the Bush White House as a speech writer for over a year, including the few critical months after 9-11. But part of the appeal of this book is the author's emotional distance from Bush and his willingness to criticize the president over certain issues.
Contrary to one reviewer's comment, there is no hero-worshipping in this book. Frum finds Bush has many faults: he is uncurious and therefore ill-informed, dogmatic and impatient. His presidency was headed nowhere prior to 9-11. There were several passages in this book I could imagine Bush would have been none too pleased to read, if he had the curiosity and time to read the book at all.
But Frum is not a former insider trying to get back at the Bush for some wrong he perceives the president did to him. Most readers will think better of Bush after reading this book. While Frum does not consider Bush a great president, the author believes Bush's moral character fits well with waging the war on terror. He is not a great man, but he is the right man.
Rating: 3
Summary: Valuable Primary Source Materials.
Comment: As a warning to readers, this really is David Frum's story and not necessarily George W. Bush's. Frum does provide some interesting anecdotes and vignettes of his time in The White House, however. For that reason, it is worth reading but there is little in it as far as an in depth psychological evaluation of the President goes.
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Title: Bush at War by Bob Woodward ISBN: 0743244613 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Fighting Back: The War on Terrorism from Inside the Bush White House by Bill Sammon ISBN: 0895261499 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 07 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Common Sense Lessons from the Commander-in-Chief by Carolyn B. Thompson, Jim Ware, James W. Ware ISBN: 0471420069 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 27 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Faith of George W. Bush by Stephen Mansfield ISBN: 1585423092 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror by Richard Miniter ISBN: 0895260743 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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