In reviewing traditional national security issues such as Iraq, Afghanistan, military policy and geopolitics, as well as domestic issues like energy policy and the economy, which intersect with core national security concerns, NSN extracts five core failures of leadership from which a new administration – and leaders of both parties – must learn if the US is to move forward:

1) Ignoring reality in favor of ideology;
2) Systematically running roughshod over our government institutions;
3) Weakening America’s global leadership;
4) Disregarding and undermining basic American values and traditions; and
5) Failing to govern competently.

Bush’s Bombs explores these themes in 11 chapters covering Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, terrorism, military policy, the national security infrastructure, detainees and torture, energy and the environment, international economics, proliferation, geopolitics and diplomacy. The chapters encompass years of work by the National Security Network and our many partners to hold the Bush administration accountable for its missteps. We have translated this effort into an exhaustive list of the national security impact of the Bush years.