The War Within

Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward's book, The War Within, alleges that the United States spied on Iraqi leaders after conquering Baghdad and that the troop surge ordered by George W. Bush was not the main factor behind the drop in violence in the wartorn country.Politico: Bob Woodward to Reveal 'The War Within' (August 19, 2008)

Woodward also writes in the book that Bush privately believed that the U.S. strategy of training Iraqi troops to take over after a new government was in place was failing, and that the President began to become detached from the war, handing most of the responsibility off to national security advisor Stephen Hadley.The Washington Post: New Woodward Book: 'The War Within' (September 5, 2008)

The War Within is the fourth in a series of books about the Bush administration by Woodward. The other three books were Bush at War (2002), Plan of Attack (2004) and State of Denial (2006).