Bush Profiled: Big Ideas, Tiny Details

Want to know what goes on inside the mind of our President?

Through a series of interviews with President Bush, author Robert Draper tries to paint “a portrait of the commander in chief as a willful optimist, proud of his self-confidence and convinced that any expressions of doubt would make him less of a leader: a man addicted to “Big Ideas and small comforts” (like riding his bike), a stubborn, even obstinate politician loath to change course or second-guess himself, and given to valuing loyalty above almost everything else.” Michiko Kakutani review in the NYT.