Presidential memoirs are a tricky genre.

They are rarely (except in the case of Ulysses S. Grant who was helped by Mark Twain) notable for their literary merit. Usually they are little more than efforts by the former chief executive to influence his historical reputation.

Against that backdrop and given George W. Bush's (not always fair) reputation for not being articulate, it is not surprising that this writer wasn't looking forward to reading Decision Points.

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