The Pallbearers: Profiles of Four Who Brought Down America

By Roger Morris

From the investigative journalist and bestselling biographer, a collective portrait of the men and woman who led the nation headlong into foreign-policy disaster As the Bush era draws to a close, the nation's foreign-policy institutions are in a state of unparalleled disrepair. In The Pallbearers , Roger Morris provides a fierce anatomy of how U.S. foreign relations were laid low in a single generation, and shows who wielded the hatchet. Each of the four figures pilloried in this book represents a key institution that has been undermined: Donald Rumsfeld, "the undertaker," offers a window into the Pentagon; Robert Gates, "the specialist," reveals the world of American intelligence; Dick Cheney, "the avenger," traces the creation of the imperial presidency (and vice presidency); and Condoleezza Rice, "the performer," lays bare the workings of the State Department. Packed with revelatory detail, these profiles add up to a gripping tale of the forces that have turned the United States into a pariah nation. A seasoned former National Security Council official, Morris intimately knows the political culture from which these figures emerged and the Washington in which they flourished. More than an epitaph, however, The Pallbearers is a guide to the newly entrenched system that will govern the country for years to come.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805088164
• ISBN13: 9780805088168
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 256 Pages