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Informationen zum Autor James Mann Klappentext The Great Rift is a sweeping history of the intertwined careers of Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, whose rivalry and conflicting views of U.S. national security color our political debate to this day. Dick Cheney and Colin Powell emerged on the national scene more than thirty years ago, and it is easy to forget that they were once allies. The two men collaborated closely in the successful American wars in Panama and Iraq during the presidency of George H. W. Bush--but from this pinnacle, conflicts of ideology and sensibility drove them apart. Returning to government service under George W. Bush in 2001, they (and their respective allies within the administration) fell into ever-deepening antagonism over the role America should play in a world marked by terrorism and other nontraditional threats. In a wide-ranging, deeply researched, and dramatic narrative, James Mann explores each man's biography and philosophical predispositions to show how and why this deep and permanent rupture occurred. Through dozens of original interviews and surprising revelations from presidential archives, he brings to life the very human story of how this influential friendship turned so sour and how the enmity of these two powerful men colored the way America acts in the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part One INDISPENSABLE 1 Useful Young Men 2 The Quiet Conservative 3 Climbing the Ladder 4 "Your Buddy, Colin" Part Two FORTY-ONE 5 Appointments 6 The First Invasion 7 A Much Bigger War 8 Deciding Not to Go to Baghdad 9 The Soviet Collapse 10 Cheney's Blueprint 11 Departures Part Three INTERREGNUM 12 On the Outside 13 The Returns Part Four FORTY-THREE 14 From the Very Start 15 September 11 and Its Aftermath 16 The Two Tribes 17 The Nondecision 18 The Road to Baghdad 19 Chaos Part Five DISPENSABLE 20 Isolation Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index ...
