Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency - Paperback

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Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency - Paperback

by Barton Gellman
$27.00
Sale price  $27.00 Regular price 

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by Barton Gellman (Author)

A New York Times bestseller - Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Inspiration for the film Vice

"Jaw-dropping . . . It reads like a thriller." --The New York Times

The landmark exposé of the most powerful and secretive vice president in American history

Barton Gellman shared the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for a keen-edged reckoning with Dick Cheney's domestic agenda in The Washington Post. In Angler, Gellman goes far beyond that series to take on the full scope of Cheney's work and its consequences, including his hidden role in the Bush administration's most fateful choices in war: shifting focus from al Qaeda to Iraq, unleashing the National Security Agency to spy at home, and promoting cruel and inhumane methods of interrogation. Packed with fresh insights and untold stories, Gellman parts the curtains of secrecy to show how the vice president operated and what he wrought.

Author Biography

Barton Gellman is a special projects reporter at The Washington Post, following tours that covered diplomacy, the Middle East, the Pentagon, and the D.C. superior court. His Cheney series, with partner Jo Becker, won a 2008 Pulitzer Prize, a George Polk Award, and the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Gellman also shared a Pulitzer for national reporting in 2002, and his work has been honored by the Overseas Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Gellman graduated with highest honors from Princeton University and earned a master's degree in politics at University College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He is the author of Contending with Kennan: Toward a Philosophy of American Power. Gellman lives in New York City.

Number of Pages: 512
Dimensions: 1.09 x 8.52 x 5.32 IN
Publication Date: August 25, 2009
ISBN9780143116165
Author Barton Gellman
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreBiography, News & politics, and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages512
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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