The Rise And Rise Of Richard B. Cheney: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History

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John Nichols has written a riveting and revealing anatomy of the Bush administration, by producing the most thorough portrait of its power broker. Dick Cheney sets energy policy. He guided the nation into war with Iraq. And, working closely with Karl Rover, he oversees the political infrastructure that allows corporate interests and the religious right to control lawmaking, regulation, the selection of judges, and the development of foreign policy. As the London Review of Books noted in its review, Nichols "makes a persuasive case...that the vice-presidency is the real locus of power in the current U. S administration: Cheney runs the show." With an emboldened administration that has turned a thin victory into a renewed mandate - rewarding ideologues and purging dissenters - the question is more urgent than ever: Can American survive four more years of Dick Cheney?

John Nichols, The Nation's Washington correspondent, has covered progressive politics and activism in the United States and abroad for more than a decade. Nichols is the author of two books: It's the Media, Stupid and Jews for Buchanan (The New Press, 2001).

"Instructive, offering a blow-by-blow brief on Cheney's rise to power." -Independent Weekly (Durham) "Makes a persuasive case . . . that the vice-presidency is the real locus of power in the current U.S. administration: Cheney runs the show." -London Review of Books "If you doubt that Cheney fits his sarcastic self-description as `the evil genius in the corner,' [this book] will go leagues toward dispelling it." -Pittsburgh City Paper