In this book, Moore explores the current conflict with Iraq, the moral questions raised by one nation declaring war against another, and the prosecution of the Bush administration's war. Moore, who has been reporting on the president since before he became a public figure, writes critically on the politics and strategy in the decision to invade an Arab nation.
The book examines: the marketing of the war to the American public and our allies; what the war means to the Bush White House including its re-election effort; the untold stories of how some of the soldiers were killed and how the White House has suppressed them; and differing views on the war from interviews with: high-level commanders in the military operation in Iraq, journalists covering the war and the families of those killed in the war.