It is now public knowledge that the United States had gone to war against Iraq on March 19, 2003 based on an array of false assumptions and allegations. Craig Unger's book provides evidence for what careful observers probably suspected about the motivations for war. Against the backdrop of the many publications that deal with the presidency of George W. Bush, which for the most part have been all but flattering, Craig Unger's book adds to the woes of the current White House incumbent.