| Edition |
Widescreen format. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (262 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; stereo. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Will Lyman. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Ben McCoy ; editor, Steve Audette ; music composed by John E. Low. |
| Event |
First broadcast as episodes of the television program Frontline on Mar. 24, 2008 & Mar. 25, 2008. |
| Note |
"Enhanced for 16x9 televisions" -- Container. |
| Summary |
"A two-part special series that tells the epic story of how the Iraq War began and how it has been fought, both on the ground and deep inside the government" -- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/ |
| Contents |
pt. 1. (146 min.): 1. Within hours of the 9/11 attacks -- 2. Preparing the plan of attack -- 3. Cheney's focus: new wartime powers -- 4. The Afghanistan campaign -- 5. Cheney's secret plan for handling detainees -- 6. Iraq is back on the table -- 7. Working in the shadows -- 8. Rumsfeld: hardback infighter -- 9. Rumsfeld takes on the generals and State Dept. -- 10. The drumbeats of war -- 11. Tough new interrogation techniques -- 12. The CIA national intelligence estimate on WMD -- 13. The CIA's flawed intelligence goes public. -- 14. Powell makes the case for war at the U.N. -- 15. The countdown to war -- |
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pt. 2. (116 min.): 1. The invasion is over in three weeks -- 2. Plans for Postwar Iraq quickly go awry -- 3. L. Paul Bremer takes over -- 4. Bremer's next edict: dissolve the Iraqi army -- 5. No weapons of mass destruction -- 6. Things are getting bad, fast -- 7. Late 2003 - Spring 2004 -- 8. The insurgency rages -- 9. Bush re-elected: Iraqis vote -- 10. 2006: a flickering civil war -- 11. A new Defense Secretary, a new strategy. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Iraq -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Politics and war.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kirk, Michael.
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Gilmore, Jim.
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Lyman, Will, 1948-
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McCoy, Ben.
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Audette, Steve.
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Kirk Documentary Group.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0793694434 |
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9780793694433 |
| Standard No. |
841887009447 |
| Music No. |
FRL62608 PBS Home Video |
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