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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973.931092 EAN: 9780743255462 ISBN: 0743255461 Label: Simon & Schuster Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: August 31, 2004 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Studio: Simon & Schuster Sales Rank: 60966 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Updated with a new afterword and including a selection of key documents, this is the explosive account of how the Bush administration makes policy on war, taxes, and politics -- its true agenda exposed by a member of the Bush cabinet. This vivid, unfolding narrative is like no other book that has been written about the Bush presidency. At its core are the candid assessments of former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, the only member of Bush's cabinet to leave and speak frankly about how and why the administration has come to its core policies and decisions -- from cutting taxes for the rich to conducting preemptive war. O'Neill's account is supported by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind's interviews with numerous participants in the administration, by transcripts of meetings, and by voluminous documents. The result is a disclosure of breadth and depth unparalleled for an ongoing presidency. As readers are taken to the very epicenter of government, Suskind presents an astonishing picture of a president so carefully managed in his public posture that he is a mystery to most Americans. Now, he is revealed. Amazon.com Review: The George W. Bush White House, as described by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, is a world out of kilter. Policy decisions are determined not by careful weighing of an issue's complexities; rather, they're dictated by a cabal of ideologues and political advisors operating outside the view of top cabinet officials. The President is not a fully engaged administrator but an enigma who is, at best, guarded and poker-faced but at worst, uncurious, unintelligent, and a puppet of larger forces. O'Neill provided extensive documentation to journalist and author Suskind, including schedules with 7,630 entries and a set of 19,000 documents that featured memoranda to the President, thank-you notes, meeting minutes, and voluminous reports. The result, The Price of Loyalty, is a gripping look inside the meeting rooms, the in-boxes, and the minds of a famously guarded administration. Much of the book, as one might expect from the story of a Treasury Secretary, revolves around economics, but even those not normally enthused by tax code intricacies will be fascinated by the rapid-fire intellects of O'Neill and Fed chairman Alan Greenspan as they gather for regular power breakfasts. A good deal of the book is about the things that O'Neill never figures out. He knows there's something creepy going on with the administration's power structure, but he's never inside enough to know quite what it is. But while those sections are intriguing, other passages are simply revelatory: O'Neill asserts that Saddam Hussein was targeted for removal not in the 9/11 aftermath but soon after Bush took office. Paul O'Neill makes for an interesting protagonist. A vaunted economist from the days of Nixon and Ford, he returns to a Washington that's immeasurably more cutthroat. And while he appears almost naïvely academic initially, he emerges as someone determined to speak his mind even when it becomes apparent that such an approach spells his political doom. --John Moe Average Rating:
 Rating:  - a decent companion to Bob Rubin's bookthis was a quick read, and though not as education as Bob Rubin's "The Price Of Loyalty" it did make a good case against supply side economics. i'm a it disappointed that Paul O'Neil didn't play a visible role in the film "W", but he accentuates the commonsense notion that big spending cannot be a companion of diminishing income. Rating:  - The Price of LoyaltyThe Price of Layalty by Ron Suskind, for me was a little long on accounting arguments and to short on relationship details. the difficulty of working with George W. Bush, an out of touch person with no sence of the reality or commpassion for the common man and what he is going through, is in their some where, I think. You just have to look really hard for it. Also, it is apparent that Ideology was far more important to the president than listening to the smartest people in our nation about what would ... Read More Rating:  - The First Blow to the Bush AdministrationAfter years of rough news for the George W. Bush administration it may seem hard to think back to what was the first shot across its bow. That shot came from it first treasury secretary, Paul O'Neill. Yes, Ron Suskind's article about John Diullio came first, but Diullio caved to White House pressure to renege what he had said (coining the phrase Mayberry Machiavelli's to describe the operation of the White House Political shop). O'Neill's served as the first lasting shot because of the ... Read More Rating: - The Truth comes out.A very well researched and well informed factual take on the misdirection of the current administration. Well written and will be enjoyed and informative to both sides. Rating: - more revealing than perhaps it realisesOne of the bizarre outcomes of a Republican allowing a liberal ideologue like Suskind to write his kiss and tell is that it makes Paul O'Neill - the Big O, as Bush called him - seem something of a flaky idiot. Literally every second chapter he is flying off to Africa with Bono. Is trying to solve Ghana's water problem in the job description of Treasury Secretary of the United States, a job founded by Alexander Hamilton? This kind of outside-the-box enthusiasm may have worked at Alcoa, but it doesn't suit ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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