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Bush's war
Title
Bush's war [videorecording] / a Frontline co-production with Kirk Documentary Group, Ltd. ; writer/producer/director, Michael Kirk.
ISBN
0793694434
9780793694433
Published
[Arlington, VA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Editor, Steve Audette.
Originally broadcast as segments of the television program Frontline on Mar. 24 and Mar. 25, 2008.
Closed-captioned.
Summary
From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge. Reveals the defining stories of the "war on terror" in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and influence. On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga will unfold in this special documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history.
Variant and related titles
Frontline (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 09, 2008
Credits
Editor, Steve Audette.
Performers
Reporter, Jim Gilmore ; narrator, Will Lyman.
System details note
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Contents
Part 1: 1. Within hours of the 9/11 attacks
2. Preparing the plan of attack
3. Cheney's focus: new wartime powers
4. The Afghanistan campaign
5. Cheney's secret plan for handling detainees
6. Iraq is back on the table
7. Working in the shadows
8. Rumsfeld: hardback infighter
9. Rumsfeld takes on the generals and State Dept.
10. The drumbeats of war
11. Tough new interrogation techniques
12. The CIA national intelligence estimate on WMD
13. The CIA's flawed intelligence goes public.
14. Powell makes the case for war at the U.N.
15. The countdown to war. ; Part 2: 1. The invasion is over in three weeks
2. Plans for Postwar Iraq quickly go awry
3. L. Paul Bremer takes over
4. Bremer's next edict: dissolve the Iraqi army
5. No weapons of mass distruction
6. Things are getting bad, fast
7. Late 2003 - Spring 2004
8. The insurgency rages
9. Bush re-elected: Iraqis vote
10. 2006: a flickering civil war
11. A new Defense Secretaty, a new strategy.
Videorecording number
FRL62608 PBS Home Video
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
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