Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World

David Ray Griffin has established himself alongside Seymour Hersh as America's number one bearer of unpleasant, yet necessary, public truths. His 30 books include The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 (2004) and The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions (2005). Richard Falk, Professor of International Law, Emeritus, Princ

In this book, David Ray Griffin pulls the covers off the cover-up. A clear understanding of what America has become is critical to opposing the self-destructive direction in which we are headed. As a result, the United States has become the most serious threat to the future of humanity and life on our planet. We have been lied to not only about the facts concerning the American military invasions in the Middle East but also about the events leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of, the events of 9/11.

Was America s response to the 9/11 attacks at the root of today's instability and terror? Because of various factors, including climate change, ISIS, the war in Syria, the growing numbers of immigrants, and the growing strength of fascist parties in Europe, commentators have increasingly been pointing out that the chaos in the world today was sparked by the post-9/11 attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. At the same time, there has also been much discussion of ways in which the Bush-Cheney administration s response to 9/11 has damaged America itself by stimulating Islamophobia and fascist sentiments, undermining key elements in its Constitution, moving towards a police state, and in general weakening its democracy.While the first two parts of this book discuss various ways in which 9/11 has ruined America and the world, the thir