| Prologue: "Breaking china" |
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1 "One of you could be president" |
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15 | (16) |
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2 "To be where the action is" |
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31 | (16) |
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3 "The fire horse and the bell" |
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47 | (18) |
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4 "We wrapped Bill Clinton around his neck" |
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65 | (14) |
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5 "I'm going to call Dick" |
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79 | (20) |
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6 "Iron filings moving across a tabletop" |
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99 | (20) |
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7 "Somebody's going to pay" |
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119 | (14) |
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133 | (22) |
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9 "The first battle of the war" |
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155 | (11) |
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10 "We're going to lose our prey" |
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166 | (22) |
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11 "Afghanistan was too easy" |
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188 | (25) |
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12 "A brutal, ugly, repugnant man" |
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213 | (16) |
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13 "You could hear the hinge of history turn" |
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229 | (28) |
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14 "Maybe we'll get lucky" |
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257 | (13) |
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15 "Mr. President, I think we've got a problem" |
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270 | (12) |
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16 "Welcome to Free Iraq" |
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282 | (22) |
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17 "We were almost all wrong" |
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304 | (22) |
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18 "When are we going to fire somebody?" |
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326 | (27) |
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19 "The election that will never end" |
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353 | (8) |
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20 "Not a speech Dick Cheney would give" |
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361 | (18) |
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21 "Who do they think they are? I was reelected too" |
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379 | (17) |
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22 "Whacked upside the head" |
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396 | (10) |
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23 "This is the end of the presidency" |
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406 | (19) |
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24 "You could have heard a pin drop" |
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425 | (16) |
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25 "Please do not let anything happen today" |
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441 | (15) |
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26 "I'm not sure how to take good news anymore" |
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456 | (12) |
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27 "Make damn sure we do not fail" |
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468 | (15) |
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28 "Don't let this be your legacy" |
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483 | (24) |
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29 "The elephants finally threw up on the table" |
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507 | (12) |
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30 "Everybody knew this was the last bullet in the chamber" |
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519 | (14) |
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31 "I'm going to fire all your asses" |
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533 | (18) |
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32 "Revolt of the radical pragmatists" |
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551 | (15) |
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33 "Don't screw with the president of the United States" |
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566 | (12) |
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34 "What is this, a cruel hoax?" |
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578 | (17) |
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35 "Our people are going to hate us for this" |
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595 | (24) |
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36 "I didn't want to be the president during a depression" |
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619 | (10) |
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37 "Such a sense of betrayal" |
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629 | (10) |
| Epilogue: "There is no middle ground" |
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639 | (16) |
| Acknowledgments |
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655 | (4) |
| Notes |
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659 | (106) |
| Bibliography |
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765 | (10) |
| Index |
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775 | (26) |
| Illustration Credits |
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