{"product_id":"plan-of-attack-9780743255486","title":"Plan of Attack","description":"\u003ci\u003ePlan of Attack\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam. \u003cbr\u003e Based on interviews with 75 key participants and more than three and a half hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush, \u003ci\u003ePlan of Attack\u003c\/i\u003e is part presidential history charting the decisions made during 16 critical months; part military history revealing precise details and the evolution of the Top Secret war planning under the restricted codeword Polo Step; and part a harrowing spy story as the CIA dispatches a covert paramilitary team into northern Iraq six months before the start of the war. This team recruited 87 Iraqi spies designated with the cryptonym DB\/ROCKSTARS, one of whom turned over the personnel files of all 6,000 men in Saddam Hussein's personal security organization. \u003cbr\u003e What emerges are astonishingly intimate portraits: President Bush in war cabinet meetings in the White House Situation Room and the Oval Office, and in private conversation; Dick Cheney, the focused and driven vice president; Colin Powell, the conflicted and cautious secretary of state; Donald Rumsfeld, the controlling war technocrat; George Tenet, the activist CIA director; Tommy Franks, the profane and demanding general; Condoleezza Rice, the ever-present referee and national security adviser; Karl Rove, the hands-on political strategist; other key members of the White House staff and congressional leadership; and foreign leaders ranging from British Prime Minister Blair to Russian President Putin. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlan of Attack\u003c\/i\u003e provides new details on the intelligence assessments of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and the planning for the war's aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743255486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.56w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2004 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bob Woodward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43448939315381,"sku":"9780743255486","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1514d903-0cb4-44fd-937c-0bdf7902bcfe.jpg?v=1704214787","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/plan-of-attack-9780743255486","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}