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Dead Certain is a story told in six sections. Beginning with an immersion into Bush the nascent politician (entitled "Baptism"), we see in "Through Our Tears" a mandate-less new President evincing both collegiality and defensiveness as he pursues his conservative agenda. "Dark City On A Hill" describes the contentiousness that attends the roll-up to Iraq and the queasy slide from Mission Accomplished to the occupation of a broken nation.The final section, "A Laying On Of Hands," finds a once-swaggering presidency desperately moving from one gambit to another in an effort to right its sagging agenda, culminating in the 2006 midterm elections that decide the fate of a hobbled administration. Far from being a retelling of well-known events, Dead Certain plumbs both the natural drama and the behind-the-scenes granularity of George W. Bush's episodic presidency. It will be regarded as a classic, inside account of this troubled presidency.
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"Amazing...stunning." -- "New York Post" "Washington's hottest dinner-party book this autumn." -- "The Observer" (UK) "A fascinating look at both [the Bush] presidency and his personality." -- Brian Williams, "NBC Nightly News" "An intimate portrait of a White House racked by more infighting than is commonly portrayed." -- "The Washington Post" "A fascinating...book. What "Dead Certain" does very nimbly is give the reader an intimate sense of the president's personality and how it informs his decision making."- "The New York Times" "Draper is no apologist for the administration, and for Bush-bashers there are plenty of nuggets.... But the overall portrait sheds a humanizing light on a much-vilified president." -- "Los Angeles Times" "What Draper does with great skill in "Dead Certain" is debunk caricatures of George Bush, both positive and negative. In place of the dim-witted bogeyman of the left and the resolute hero of the right, Draper introduces a three-dimensional man full of contradictions." -- "Salon.com"
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