Part one chronicles George W. Bush’s unorthodox road to the White House. 36 days after the November 2000 election, Bush emerged the victor of the most contested race in the nation’s history. Little in the new president’s past prepared him for the events that unfolded on September 11, 2001. Bush’s response to the deadly terrorist attacks would come to define a new era in American foreign policy.
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