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When men as important as former Senator George S. McGovern and historian William R. Polk ’51 write a book entitled, “Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now,” people tend to take notice. It’s too bad if anyone did here...
...recitation of historical British and American blunders in the Middle East, followed by an excoriation of the Bush administration’s conduct in the present war. “In previous chapters we have discussed why America must get out of Iraq,” McGovern and Polk write on page 91 of their 127-page book. “Here we will lay out a plan to show how our exit might be accomplished.” Someone apparently forgot to tell them the only people who read a book by George McGovern entitled...
McGovern and Polk are decent historians—some readers will enjoy reading their quick, yet reasonably detailed, history of Iraq—and they certainly write clearly and expressively. The problem is that the book—like the administration it criticizes—promises one thing and delivers another...
...Goss stresses that he won't decide for sure until after next week's election, and a person close to the former CIA director says Goss is also considering other options, from teaching to consulting. And even if he does write a book, Washington insiders and intelligence operatives who may be salivating - or trembling - at the prospect of a kiss-and-tell may be disappointed. "I'm looking at doing a book that would make a positive contribution. This is not about gotcha," says Goss. "I've been keeping my mouth shut for two years...
...Even if Goss holds back from tough criticism, he could write a colorful memoir. He served about a decade as a CIA case officer before illness forced him out of what he'd hoped would be a career as a spy. He then moved to Florida and started a small local newspaper before getting into politics. He won a seat in Congress in 1988 and eventually became intelligence committee chairman, a post from which Bush plucked him to become CIA director after Tenet stepped down...