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    The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era
    The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era
    The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era
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    The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era

    Written by James Mann

    Narrated by Joe Barrett

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    Dick Cheney and Colin Powell emerged on the national scene more than thirty years ago, and it is easy to forget that they were once allies. It was Cheney who pressed for Powell's appointment as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over the initial skepticism of the White House. And the two men collaborated closely in the successful American wars in Panama and Iraq during the George H. W. Bush administration.

    But from that pinnacle, conflicts of ideology and sensibility drove Cheney and Powell apart. Under George W. Bush, they fell into ever-deepening conflict. Cheney personified the idea that America should use its unrivaled power to reorder the world, using military force and ignoring objections from its longstanding allies. Powell believed that the United States should operate through diplomacy as much as possible, relying on the alliances it had forged.

    In this wide-ranging and deeply researched reassessment of these two major figures, James Mann explores each man's biography and philosophical predispositions to show how and why this deep and permanent rupture occurred. Through dozens of original interviews and surprising revelations from presidential archives, he brings to life the very human story of how this influential friendship turned so sour and how their enmity colored the way America acts in the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 14, 2020
    ISBN9781515941606

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      The Great Rift: Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and the Broken Friendship That Defined an Era by James Mann is a book I requested and the review is voluntary. I learned a lot about both men in this book. I did have a 'rock star' view of Colin Powell until he lied about the pictures but I found out in the book he had his hands in dirty places in the Iran/Contra affair which I didn't know and he was pardoned for. I knew a lot of people were pardoned and that the guilty went to the VP but claimed not to the President. Just watching the news is enough to see shady dealings with Dick Chaney, his oil company, and more. Reading this book you get a look behind the scenes and see he planned for a very long time to give the President a lot of power like he had designs on it in advance. It didn't matter how he got what he wanted either. The story tells how each grows up, which is totally opposite and how they end up meeting and working together. Rumsfield and other key actors are in there too with comments on how they interacted with those people. This book was not only a wonderful view into the two men's lives but a good history lesson to boot. I loved the easy writing style which made understanding the situations and men easier.