Ebook: Rise of the Vulcans: the history of Bush's war cabinet

A rising politician amid war and dirty tricks -- The intellectual as protégé -- A soldier and a sailor -- Combating the Soviets, Détente and Henry Kissinger -- Enter the Persian Gulf -- Transitions -- Camelot of the conservatives -- Of dictatorships and democracy -- In the midst of Armageddon -- A scandal and its aftermath -- A new republican president, a new foreign policy team -- Use of force -- Death of an empire, birth of a vision -- Vulcans in exile -- A vulcan agenda -- The campaign -- Who runs the Pentagon? -- Warnings and signals -- History starts today -- A new strategy -- Toward war with Iraq.;Presents an inside look at George W. Bush's inner circle of foreign policy advisors--Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleeza Rice.