Deserter: Bush's war on military families, veterans, and his past

Drawing on extensive research on the president's still mysterious military career, Ian Williams argues that the would-be commander in chief is guilty of hypocrisy, cynical doublethink, and egregious neglect of the actual defense of the United States."--BOOK JACKET.

  • OCLC #: 55753337
  • ISBN #:
    • 1560256273
    • 9781560256274
  • Call #: E903.3.W55 2004
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — E903.3 .W55 2004
  • Personal Collection:
    • The Charlie Moskos Collection.
  • Publisher: New York : Nation Books, ©2004.
  • Physical Description: xix, 235 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Contents:
    • 1. Why beat the Bush?
    • 2. Twelve inches of power : Bush and thrust
    • 3. Timing
    • 4. Wrapping the flag
    • 5. Potemkin village
    • 6. Soldier of fortune
    • 7. Quantum Vietnam
    • 8. Old money
    • 9. Odious comparisons
    • 10. The military tradition
    • 11. Roll Alabama roll
    • 12. Evasive action
    • 13. The Harvard years
    • 14. Bayonets and ballots
    • 15. Commander in chief
    • 16. Why Iraq?
    • 17. Neglecting the troops
    • 18. Give us the tools, we'll finish the job
    • 19. Sticky ends
    • 20. Volunteers of America
    • 21. Then and now with the Guard
    • 22. Well done thou good and faithful servant
    • now get lost
    • 23. Veterans and the administration
    • 24. Because our president lied
    • 25. If he were not serious, he would be a joke.
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