There is nothing new or earth-shaking in this book, and it is not a great reading experience, yet reading the book is worthwhile.
Bush misled the country into Iraq. We all know that. McClellan says Bush's purpose was to turn Iraq into a Western style democracy in order to shake up and influence the Middle East. But Bush couldn't say this going in so we went through the WMD/Hussein is a threat to us routine. This misdirection is the source of Bush's Iraq troubles.
The Vice-President was involved in the leaking of the CIA agent Valerie Plame. McClellan was lied to by the White House staff in this matter. This was McClellan's tipping point. The Valerie Pflame thing is what led to the writing of this book.
But here is the thing. I see this book as a DEFENSE of George W. Bush. Through it all, McClellan still seems to say that Bush is a fine fellow. The author goes as far as he can to exonerate Bush for the folly of Iraq and for the Valerie Pflame incident. This is the really curious thing about this book.
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