02713cam a2200337 4500 63683355 TxAuBib 20100601120000.0 080116s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008270834 9780060723460 0060723467 BTCTA BTCTA BAKER JED YDXCP HHO JRZ BUR SLU LVB DLC TxAuBib Hayes, Stephen F. Cheney : the untold story of America's most powerful and controversial vice president / Stephen F. Hayes. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, 2007. xii, 578 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The West -- To Yale and back -- Choosing government -- The Ford years -- On the ballot -- Leadership -- At war -- President Cheney? -- Another George Bush -- The Bush administration -- September 11, 2001 -- Secure, undisclosed -- Back to Baghdad -- The war over the war -- War and politics, politics and war -- Dick Cheney: new democrat? -- The alternative is not peace. During a forty-year career in politics, Vice President Dick Cheney has been involved in some of the most consequential decisions in recent American history. Yet for all of his influence, the world knows very little about the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, among the most secretive and guarded of all public officials. Journalist Hayes draws upon hundreds of interviews with the vice president, his boyhood friends, political mentors, family members, reticent staffers, and senior Bush administration officials, to deliver a comprehensive portrait. The topics covered include Cheney's withdrawal from Yale; his days in the Ford White House; his meteoric rise to congressional leadership; his opposition to removing Saddam Hussein from power after the first Gulf War; his selection as Bush's running mate; his performance on 9/11 and the aggressive measures he pushed in the aftermath; the Iraq War; and intelligence battles with the CIA and their lasting effects.--From publisher description. 20100601. Cheney, Richard B. Vice-Presidents United States Biography. Vice-présidents États-Unis Biographies. United States Politics and government 2001-2009. États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 2001- United States Politics and government 21st century. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2008270834-d.html sears https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2008270834-b.html sears