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Title

Vice : Dick Cheney and the hijacking of the American presidency / Lou Dubose and Jake Bernstein.

Author

Dubose, Lou.

Publication

New York : Random House, [2006], ©2006.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

Bernstein, Jake.

Description

x, 261 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"Dick Cheney is the most powerful yet most unpopular vice president in U.S. history. He has thrived alongside a president who from day one had little interest in policy and limited experience in the ways of Washington. Yet Cheney's quiet, steady rise to prominence over a span of three decades occurred largely behind the scenes. Now veteran reporters Lou Dubose and Jake Bernstein reveal the disturbing truth about the man who has successfully co-opted executive control over the U.S. government, serving as the de facto "shadow president" of the most dominant White House in a generation." "Cheney has always been an astute politician. He survived the collapse of the Nixon presidency, finding a position of power in the administration of Gerlad Ford. He was then elected to the House of Representatives, and later he earned a spot in the cabinet of the first Bush presidency. But when he became George W. Bush's running mate, Cheney reached a whole new level of influence. From the engineering of his own selection as vice president to his support of policies allowing torture as a permissible weapon in the "war on terror," Cheney has steered America consistently rightward."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Vice-Presidents > United States > Biography
• Cheney, Richard B
• Power (Social sciences) > United States
• United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-248) and index.

ISBN

1400065763 (hbk.)

LCCN

• 2006285088
• 9781400065769

OCLC

• ocm71332032
• SCSB-5291489

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries