The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush the White House and the Education of Paul O'Neill

Updated with a new afterword and including a selection of key documents this is the explosive account of how the Bush administration makes policy on war taxes and politics -- its true agenda exposed by a member of the Bush cabinet. This vivid unfolding narrative is like no other book that has been written about the Bush presidency. At its core are the candid assessments of former Secretary of the Treasury Paul ONeill the only member of Bushs cabinet to leave and speak frankly about how and why the administration has come to its core policies and decisions -- from cutting taxes for the rich to conducting preemptive war. ONeills account is supported by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskinds interviews with numerous participants in the administration by transcripts of meetings and by voluminous documents. The result is a disclosure of breadth and depth unparalleled for an ongoing presidency. As readers are taken to the very epicenter of government Suskind presents an astonishing picture of a president so carefully managed in his public posture that he is a mystery to most Americans. Now he is revealed.