Bush was severely criticised for his handling of many critical events. In some ways, the memoir is an attempt to change this image
If you pick up George W. Bush’s memoir, Decision Points, hoping to find some behind-the-door-stuff on the US’ nuclear deal with India, you’ll be disappointed. He dismisses it in half a sentence towards the end of the book. The only other mention of India is in the context of Pakistan.
India might not have been on the top of Bush’s mind, but his eight years as president were filled with events that were on the top of the minds of Indians: The 9/11 attacks, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, Hurricane Katrina and the global financial crisis.(This story appears in the 11 March, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)