Plan Of Attack: The Definitive Account Of The Decision To Invade Iraq

'Plan Of Attack' is the definitive account of a turning point in history as George W Bush, his war council and allies launch a preemptive attack, toppling Saddam Hussein and taking over the country. From in-depth interviews with key players and documents, Woodward provides a thoroughly original, authoritative narrative of the behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam.

What emerges is an astonishingly intimate portrait of Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield, the generals, the CIA, the White House staff, and key foreign leaders ranging from British Prime Minister Blair to Russian President Putin. This is the how and the why of decision making - the secret meetings, secure phone calls, strategies, dilemmas, conflicts and raw emotions of war as is rarely seen in contemporary history.