What Bush does is take various 'decision points' (get it?) and reminisce about his thought processes and reflect on the outcomes of each. First, the book is thematic rather than chronological. I happened to be on the road and was able to listen to this volume from Audible and the former President's version as well. Like Bush or not, the memoir is now available from Audible and this is it.

He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family.Ī groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history - and the man at the center of events. President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings listeners inside the Texas Governor’s Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America’s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life.ĭecision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America’s 43rd president.

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