The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney

Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History

John Nichols

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Here is the definitive portrait of the ultimate power broker by “the toughest, most in-your-face investigative reporter in the U.S.A.” (Greg Palast). Dick Cheney sets energy policy. He guided the nation into war with Iraq. And, working closely with Karl Rove, he oversees the political infrastructure that allows corporate interests and the religious right to control lawmaking, regulation, the selection of judges, and the development of foreign policy. As John Dean put it, “This page-turner closes the case: Cheney is our de facto president.”

With an emboldened administration that has turned a thin victory into a renewed mandate—rewarding ideologues and purging dissenters—John Nichols’s question is more urgent than ever: can this nation survive four more years of Dick Cheney?

Now available in paperback and updated to include an analysis of the 2004 election and the composition of the new cabinet, The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney draws on groundbreaking reporting—including exclusive interviews with Cheney’s college professors, Nelson Mandela, Gore Vidal, and political insiders.

John Nichols is The Nation’s Washington correspondent. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C., and is co-founder of the national media reform organization Free Press. He is the author of It’s the Media, Stupid and Jews for Buchanan (The New Press).