TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hayes,Stephen F.
TI  - Cheney: the untold story of America's most powerful and controversial vice president 
SN  - 9780060723460
AV  - 002 E 840.8 C518H 2007
U1  - 973.931092 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - HarperCollins
KW  - Cheney, Richard B.
KW  - Vice-Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Vice-presidents
KW  - sears
KW  - Vice-prâesidents
KW  - âEtats-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The West -- To Yale and back -- Choosing government -- The Ford years -- On the ballot -- Leadership -- At war -- President Cheney? -- Another George Bush -- The Bush administration -- September 11, 2001 -- Secure, undisclosed -- Back to Baghdad -- The war over the war -- War and politics, politics and war -- Dick Cheney: new democrat? -- The alternative is not peace
N2  - During a forty-year career in politics, Vice President Dick Cheney has been involved in some of the most consequential decisions in recent American history. Yet for all of his influence, the world knows very little about the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, among the most secretive and guarded of all public officials. Journalist Hayes draws upon hundreds of interviews with the vice president, his boyhood friends, political mentors, family members, reticent staffers, and senior Bush administration officials, to deliver a comprehensive portrait. The topics covered include Cheney's withdrawal from Yale; his days in the Ford White House; his meteoric rise to congressional leadership; his opposition to removing Saddam Hussein from power after the first Gulf War; his selection as Bush's running mate; his performance on 9/11 and the aggressive measures he pushed in the aftermath; the Iraq War; and intelligence battles with the CIA and their lasting effects.--From publisher description
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