From Deseret News archives:
'War Within' goes deep inside Bush White House
"THE WAR WITHIN: A Secret White House History 2006-2008," by Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, 437 pages, $32
Bob Woodward takes readers deep inside the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, the intelligence agencies and the U.S. military headquarters to trace the behind-the-scenes debates, conflicts and internal dissent over the Iraq war from 2006 to mid-2008. Woodward obtained most of his information from interviews with more than 150 people, including the president.
He also relied on a mass of documents that he was able to uncover. The book ends with Woodward's reflections on several questions, such as "How did Bush perform as commander in chief? Was he slow to act when his strategies were not working? Did he make the right changes?" and more.
"THE SERVANTS," by Michael Marshall Smith, HarperCollins, $14.95 (paperback)
"THE GRAND INQUISITOR'S MANUAL: A History of Terror in the Name of God," by Jonathan Kirsch, HarperCollins, $26.95
Kirsch delivers a history of how the Inquisition was honed to perfection and brought to bear on an ever-widening circle of victims for more than 600 years. It spans a time that ranges from the Knights Templar to the first Protestants, to it greatest power in Spain after 1492, and on down through the centuries, ending with the modern war on terror.
"THE LETTERS OF ALLEN GINSBERG," edited by Bill Morgan, Da Capo Press, 468 pages, $30
Allen Ginsberg was a prolific letter-writer who corresponded with some of the most interesting and original artists, writers and public figures of his time from the 1940s until his death in 1997. More than 125 of these letters have never been published before. This collection also includes letters from Ginsberg's teenage years, as well as those written just months before his death. Bill Morgan has been Ginsberg's literary archivist for many years, and chose and assembled the letters in this collection.
"WORK SHIRTS FOR MADMEN," by George Singleton, Harvest Paperback, 336 pages, $14
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