**A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year
A Washington Post Notable Book
**
Theirs was the most captivating American political partnership since
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger: a bold and untested president and his
seasoned, relentless vice president. Confronted by one crisis after
another, they struggled to protect the country, remake the world, and
define their own relationship along the way.
The real story of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is far more fascinating
than the familiar suspicion that Cheney was the power behind the throne.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key players, and thousands of
pages of private notes, memos, and other internal documents, Baker
paints a riveting portrait of a partnership that evolved dramatically
over time, during an era marked by devastating terror attacks, the Iraq
War, Hurricane Katrina, and financial collapse. Peter Baker has produced
a monumental and definitive work that ranks with the best of
presidential histories.