Rebel-In-Chief: Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush
New York, NY: Crown Forum, 2006. First edition. First Edtion [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 220, [4] p. Index. Based on exclusive interviews with President Bush, Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and other key figures in the administration, this volume offers a never-before-seen glimpse at how the president operates and how he's influenced the shifting sentiments of the country. From Wikipedia: "Frederic Wood "Fred" Barnes (born February 1, 1943) is an American political commentator. He is the executive editor of the news publication The Weekly Standard and regularly appears on the Fox News Channel program Special Report with Bret Baier. He was previously co-host of The Beltway Boys with Mort Kondracke, which previously aired on the Fox News Channel. The son of an Air Force officer, Barnes graduated from St. Stephens School in Alexandria in 1960. He spent two years in the U.S. Army. He then attended the University of Virginia where he studied history. Barnes graduated from the University of Virginia and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. After spending several years as a journalist with The Charleston News and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, he became a reporter for the Washington Star in 1979. Barnes covered the Supreme Court and the White House for the Star before moving to the Baltimore Sun. He was the national political correspondent at the Baltimore Sun. For ten years from 1985 to 1995, he was senior editor and White House correspondent for The New Republic. He also wrote the "Presswatch" media column for the American Spectator. He was a panelist on the public affairs show The McLaughlin Group from 1988 to 1998. In 1984, Barnes was chosen to be one of three panelists quizzing then-President Ronald Reagan and challenger Walter Mondale in the first nationally-televised debate of the 1984 presidential campaign. Though having gone to separate high schools, Barnes was a friend of fellow Fox News personality Brit Hume in high school, and at The University of Virginia. In 2006 Barnes wrote a favorable biography of President George W. Bush titled Rebel in Chief. He is a member of the board of trustees of The Fund for American Studies, in which he also serves as a senior fellow. Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed bookplate on fep.
Keywords: Yasser Arafat, Michael Barone, Tony Blair, Social Security, Pro-Democracy, September 11, Terrorism, Dick Cheney, Michael Gerson, John Kerry, Ronald Reagan
ISBN: 9780307336491
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Price: $37.50