The War Within by Bob Woodward. This is his newest book about the Iraq War. It gave me a much deeper appreciation in understanding how much trouble this war is to manage, how half-cocked Bush's approach has been, and how misguided our trust was in the Iraqis ability to take things over. For me, the most culpable and misguided figure in the Iraq War (from the perspective of the book) was Don Rumsfeld.

Woodward gave great insight to many strategy sessions. I was surprised at how much Condi Rice opposed the surge and how vocal she was about it. My previous public perception of her was just another Bush "yes" puppet, who would tell the president what he wanted to hear. Another intersting point made by Woodward was the distance between Bush & Cheney. The VP was only told by Bush that Rumsfeld was being fired a few days before it happened.