Pt. 1: Making the sale. "Home to the heartland" ; "Dead or alive" ; "I don't think anybody could have predicted ..." ; "You don't introduce new products in August" ; "Mission accomplished" -- Pt. 2: Buyer's remorse. "We found the weapons of mass destruction" ; "Slam dunk" ; "Reporting for duty" ; "When we act, we create our own reality" ; "I don't think anybody anticipated ..." -- Epilogue: The greatest story every sold -- Appendix: What the White House knew and when it knew it : time lines of the selling of the war.
Summary:
Reveals the spin campaign of the Bush administration that the author contends enabled the support of a war against a non-September 11 enemy, furthered conservative agendas, and consolidated presidential power.
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