The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (Hardcover)

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Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking book of his storied career.

In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Bugliosi sets forth the legal architecture and incontrovertible evidence that President Bush took this nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses—a war that has not only caused the deaths of American soldiers but also over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women, and children; cost the United States over one trillion dollars thus far with no end in sight; and alienated many American allies in the Western world.

As a prosecutor who is dedicated to seeking justice, Bugliosi, in his inimitable style, delivers a non-partisan argument, free from party lines and instead based upon hard facts and pure objectivity.

A searing indictment of the President and his administration, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder also outlines a legally credible pathway to holding our highest government officials accountable for their actions, thereby creating a framework for future occupants of the oval office.

Vincent Bugliosi calls for the United States of America to return to the great nation it once was and can be again. He believes the first step to achieving this goal is to bring those responsible for the war in Iraq to justice.

About the Author

Vincent Bugliosi received his law degree in 1964. In his career at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, he successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 murder convictions without a single loss. His most famous trial, the Charles Manson case, became the basis of his true-crime classic, Helter Skelter, the biggest selling true-crime book in publishing history. Two of Bugliosi's other true-crime books--And the Sea Will Tell and Outrage--also reached #1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list. No other American true-crime writer has ever had more than one book that achieved this ranking. His latest book, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, was also a New York Times bestseller, and is being made into a ten-part HBO miniseries, for which Tom Hanks will be a producer. Bugliosi lives with his wife of many years in Los Angeles.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Vanguard Press; First Printing edition (May 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159315481X
• ISBN-13: 978-1593154813
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (250 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,298 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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188 of 216 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshingly objective, logical, non-partisan (if unsettling) response to a heinous crime, June 5, 2008

By	J Bucknoff, PMP (Fort Lee, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

I highly recommend Vincent Bugliosi's new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (Vanguard Press, 2008). Bugliosi is a highly admired prosecutor. He prosecuted the Manson family trials. He has never lost a murder conviction. He usually votes Democratic, though he supported McCain in 2000. He now offers an objective, factual, spin-free treatise on one of the greatest crimes in American history.

The reason that Bush, Rumsfield, Cheney and Rice went to war with Iraq is because George W. Bush simply wanted to go to war with Iraq. Just as Hitler was planning to go to war with Poland and France long before he became Chancellor of Germany, Bush was planning to go to war with Iraq long before he became President. Even though there was no connection between Iraq and the events of 9/11, that tragic event gave him the opportunity to sell his war dreams. Going to war had absolutely nothing to do with national security or any kind of imminent threat to the United States. It had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11 or Al Qaeda. In fact, the security of the United States has been considerably reduced as a result of Bush's adventure in Iraq. Therefore, the reason that the sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, siblings, best friends of thousands of Americans (and tens of thousands Iraqis) have had their intestines blown out of their bodies to be commingled with the pulverized brain tissue of the soldier sitting next to them in their unprotected, armor-free humvee is NOT because they bravely gave their lives for our country. It's because Bush lied to the country (and to the World), hid the truth and fabricated facts in order to satisfy his lust to go to war -- and have "fun" being a war-time President (at a cost that is now running over $1 Trillion in direct and indirect costs -- at time when Social Security is going bankrupt, health care coverage is not available for over 50,000,000 Americans, the economy is going south and the richest Americans are enjoying tax breaks).

Now, this is old news. You'd have to be either a fool, an ignoramus, in a coma or be a Fox News Channel viewer to be unaware of this. The facts are well documented and irrefutable. Just as volumes have been written about other recent criminal regimes (i.e., Pinochet, Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin -- even Sadaam Hussein who, while not a threat to America was a bloody despot), there is no dearth of published information about the crimes of the Bush regime. Bugliosi's book differs in that he asks the question, "so what are we going to do about it?" He answers the question with a well thought out, logical, objective, non-partisan and legally sound solution: some time after Bush leaves office, prosecute him for murder in each of the 50 States.

On the face of it, this may sound like a preposterous proposal: prosecute a U.S. President for a capital crime (actually, over 4,000 counts of that crime)?!? But he makes a very strong and logical argument for why it should be done. He follows this up with a legally sound explanation about how it can be done.

In this election year, we can look forward to a lot of partisan books and articles from both political parties. Mr. Bugliosi offers us a refreshing (if unsettling) break from partisanship and spin with his objective, factual and well documented arguments. He even anticipates many rebuttal arguments to his thesis and responds to them. The book is neither pro-right nor pro-left. It is pro-American. Not Republicans vs. Democrats but, rather, The United States of America vs. George Bush.

Before I read this book, I believed that prosecuting and convicting a U.S. President, regardless of the extent or heinousness of his crimes, would do more harm to the United States than good. Now that I have read the book, my thinking has changed. Here we have a man who is personally responsible for putting tens of thousands of innocent people into harm's way for no other reason than his own, personal desire to wage war -- laughing and talking about how much fun he is having while all this is going on. A man, who while Governor of Texas, would publicly make fun of condemned convicts when they asked for mercy or for a stay of execution. The Governor of a state that executes more prisoners than any other state. As much as I personally oppose capital punishment, I have to admit that it would be ironic and just to see this particular criminal strapped to a gurney, himself, awaiting the needle. (At least it would be a swift, probably relatively painless, death. Not the kind of death that our nation's sons and daughters experienced as their armor-free bodies were ripped to shreds and whatever could be recovered of their remains categorized at the mortuary as "unviewable.")

I strongly encourage all patriotic Americans to read this book -- then lend it to your friends.

59 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why Shouldn't We Be Angry?, July 20, 2008

By	S. Starkey "Bookophile" (Newport News, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was born and raised in California and have admired and respected Mr. Bugliosi since I was a child. He is far from a no-name as some reviewers have claimed, nor is he a pawn of propaganda. If there is anyone out there these days who can objectively see the cold hard facts it is him. If he believes that a case can be made against Bush, people need to listen. Listen on behalf of this nation that we all say we love.

When I joined the Army, I believed that I would be serving my country, not serving the deranged interests of one man. Yet here I am in Iraq, torn away from my infant, firstborn son and thrown into harm's way. This book was sent to me as a gift. When I opened the cover and saw the collage of pictures, I crumpled to the ground as I looked straight into the face of one of my friends who died less than two years ago, someone who had bigger dreams in life than to lose his lung to a sniper's bullet. I thought of my other friends who were killed and maimed because of this cataclysm that some people call the global war on terrorism. To those who think that this book is just some kind of diatribe, I ask, why shouldn't Mr. Bugliosi be angry? Why shouldn't I? Why aren't you? All of this death and destruction, and Bush thinks he can achieve solidarity with us by giving up golf??! Well, Mr. President, you can keep your golf game! Give back Kenny Bostic. Give back Brandon Stout. Give back Rob Eppich. Give me back a normal life, and my son's babyhood. Give America back all of her money and her good name.

Those of you who haven't read the book, you have no business reviewing it. Those of you who have, I dare you to tell me that I shouldn't be angry.

132 of 155 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bugs the Patriot- does it again!, May 30, 2008

By	Marc Starcke - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have always admired 'Bugs'.He is undoubtably the most respected prosecuting attorney in U.S. history.This takes alot of courage to write, and even more so is the ballsy title of the book. Bugliosi is the epitome of the true ultimate Patriot - which is in contrast to the so called Patriots under the guise of the Republican Conservatives (a majority of them), who are narrow minded punks with no common sense at all (Hannity's,O'Reilly's,and rest of the Fox News regimne).

Bugs refers to American's as being stupid quite often in the book.But this is his honest emotions shining thru.To speak as one would think to himself -- in other words -- we get to see Bug's true emotions worn right on his sleeve, right where we want to see them.Is this the same American people who voted this President into office twice? he asks. This is the same question that the true Patriotic American's ask.How could of this happened? Why could the downspiral of America NOT be stopped and why do we still see it going down?

This is the same America that has allowed a President to commit crime after crime and lies after lies - because the American citizen's, congressmen & women,and our media let him do it.America has let him get away with everything and still do.Why? And when I refer to "we" and "us", I am speaking to you people who are reading these reviews and who read or will read Bug's book.I am speaking about Vince and myself and all of us. We see in our daily lives the bullying "you aint American if you don't support Bush", when instead you should see 100% of the American people out there revolting against this man and his cronies.
And by doing so, we the people should be pushing for despictable President to be brought to justice.Vince has done it for us, but I already can see the stonewalling of this book.Vince himself said in a recent interview on the Alex Jones radio show (do a search on youtube.com
and put in Vincent Bugliosi Alex Jones Bush Crimes)that for the first time ever that after he's released a book that all the major networks refused to invite him on their shows to promote the book.Once again, Fascism in America continues to rise.

This is a country that HAS lost it's way.A country in deep,deep,grave trouble.As Bug's ages, he doesn't want to go out this way.He doesn't want to see the America he grew up in continually get destroyed by this President and it's administration & by future administrations.As in Mike Ruppert's great book, Bugliosi fears that America as crossed the rubicon.And that's scary.