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Ansen, David. "Not Much Dubya in Stone's 'W.'" Rev. of W. Newsweek 10 Oct. 2008. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/10/10/not-much-dubya-in-stone-s-w.html

Brevet, Brad. "'W.' Truths With Screenwriter Stanley Weiser." N.p., 27 October 2008. http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/exclusive_w_truths_with_screenwriter_stanley_weiser_20081027/

Brinkley, Alan. "From Man to Mockery, and Back Again: In 'W.,' Oliver Stone approaches his subject as a historian, not just a filmmaker. The widely reviled Bush comes off better than you'd think." Newsweek 20 October 2008.

Bush Declares War on Terror http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CSPbzitPL8

Bush Declares War! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiqs_ZxDiXM

Bush Jokes about WMD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKX6luiMINQ

Bush laughs at no WMD in Iraq http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvliUuXjbL4

Bush, George W. Decision Points. New York: Crown Publishers, 2010.

Campbell, Colin, and Bert A. Rockman, eds. The George W. Bush Presidency: Appraisals and Prospects. Washington: CQ Press, 2004.

Campbell, Colin, Bert A. Rockman, and Andrew Rudalevige, eds. The George W. Bush Legacy. Washington: CQ Press, 2008.

Cheney, Dick, with Elizabeth Cheney. In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.

Clarke, Richard. Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror. New York: Free Press, 2004.

CNN Coverage of Shock And Awe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLWakcUp43Q

Cockburn, Andrew. Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy. New York: Scribner, 2007.

The Colbert Report http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/187627/october-09-2008/oliver-stone

Colin Powell's UN Presentation on Iraq WMD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovHrd-Q3Av0

Connelly, Phoebe. "You Don't Know Bush." American Prospect 16 October 2008. Web. 9 July 2012. http://prospect.org/article/you-dont-know-bush

Corliss, Richard. "Oliver Stone's Verdict on George W." Time 13 October 2008. Web. 9 July 2012. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1851110,00.html

Corn, David. The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception. New York: Crown Publishers, 2003.

Dargis, Manolha. "Oliver Stone's Vision Thing: Bush, the Family." Rev. of W. New York Times 16 Oct. 2008: n. pag. Web. 19 June 2012. http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/movies/17ston.html

Dead Wrong: Colin Powell's UN Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYBA9JD5oW4

Denby, David. "Troubled Sons." New Yorker 27 October 2008. Web. 9 July 2012. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2008/10/27/081027crci_cinema_denby?currentPage=all

Detmering, Robert. "Exploring the Political Dimensions of Information Literacy through Popular Film." Portal: Libraries and the Academy 10.3 (2010): 265-82.

Ebert, Roger. "W." Rev. of W. Chicago Sun-Times 15 Oct. 2008: n. pag. Web. 19 June 2012. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/REVIEWS/810150285

Edelstein, David. Rev. of W. New York Magazine 20 Oct. 2008: n. pag. Web. 19 June 2012. http://nymag.com/listings/movie/w/

Fact-Checking Oliver Stone's 'W.' â€" Is The Film True To Life? MTV.com 8 October 2008. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596654/oliver-stones-w-separating-fact-from-fiction.jhtml

Fleming, Michael. "Oliver Stone votes for 'Bush' project." Variety 20 January 2008. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979349

Fourth Anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLI5PZfVaFU

George Bush threatens Iraq 03-17-03 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS5AYQX1m6c

George W. Bush - 9/11 Bullhorn Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OCgMPX2mE

George W. Bush The Night of 9-11-01 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqCquDl4k4

Goodridge, Mike. "Interview: Oliver Stone." Screen Daily 30 May 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080628025118/http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=39249&Category=

Gordon, Michael R., and Bernard E. Trainor. Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq. New York: Pantheon Books, 2006.

Grenier, Cynthia. "Stone's Bush Film Is Offensive." Human Events. 20 October 2008. Web. 9 July 2012.

Groen, Rick. "The W. Stands for 'Why?'." Globe and Mail 17 October 2008.

Hatfield, James. Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President. New York: Soft Skull Press, 2001.

Hoberman, J. "Bush's Brain." Rev. of W. Village Voice 15 Oct. 2008: n. pag. Web. 28 June 2012.

Homans, John. "Hubris Inc." New York Magazine 12 October 2008. Web. 9 July 2012. http://nymag.com/movies/profiles/51160/

Homans, John. "Oliver Stone." New York. 20 October 2008: 105.

Hornaday, Ann. "'W.': Mission Not Accomplished." Washington Post 17 Oct. 2008: n. pag. Print. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/10/16/ST2008101601746.html?sid=ST2008101601746

Isikoff, Michael, and David Corn. Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2007.

James, Nick. "The Greatest Story of Our Time." Sight and Sound 18.12 (Dec. 2008): 18-21.

Journeys with George. Alexandra Pelosi (Actor), Aaron Lubarsky (Director). HBO (2002). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9mdzTrIugo

Kauffmann, Stanley. "Presidents and Others." New Republic 3 December 2008: 28.

LaSalle, Mick. "Movie Review." Rev. of W. San Francisco Chronicle 17 Oct. 2008: n. pag. Web. 19 June 2012. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/16/DDTD13HNU5.DTL&type=movies

Liddle, Rod. "I Loved Oliver Stone's Bush Film -- and I Know Why the Critics Hated It." Rev. of W. Spectator [London] 22 Nov. 2008: n. pag. Web. 26 June 2012.

Mayer, Jane, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals. New York: Doubleday, 2008.

Moore, Michael. Fahrenheit 9/11. (2004)

Minutaglio, Bill. First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty. New York: Random House, 1999.

"Mission Accomplished" -- REAL Speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzrJwzYBUkU

Noah, Timothy "Dubya, Stoned: Why Oliver Stone had to bowdlerize our president's life story." Slate Magazine 17 October 2008. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2008/10/dubya_stoned.html

Oldham, Gabriella. "Cutting Remarks on W.: An Interview with Julie Monroe, Joe Hutshing and Wylie Stateman." Cineaste: America's Leading Magazine on the Art and Politics of the Cinema 34.2 (2009): 33-37.

Oliver Stone http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12042009/watch.html

Oliver Stone On "W" http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4520124n

Oliver Stone talks to Maddow about 'W.' MSNBC-TV. The Rachel Maddow Show. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-rachel-maddow-show/27189166#27189166

Podhoretz, John. "Oliver's Story." The Weekly Standard 27 October 2008: 47.

Rapold, Nicolas. "W." Sight and Sound. British Film Institute, 19.1 (2009): 88.

Rice, Condoleezza. No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington. New York: Crown, 2011.

Ritter, Scott. Frontier Justice: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bushwhacking of America. New York: Context Books, 2003.

Rollins, Peter C. The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past. New York: Columbia UP, 2003.

Rothkopf, Josh. "A Look at Oliver Stone's 'W.'" ABC-TV http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video?id=6059535

Rove, Karl. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight. New York: Threshold Editions, 2010.

The Rumsfeld Papers http://www.rumsfeld.com/

Rumsfeld, Donald. Known and Unknown: A Memoir. New York: Sentinel, 2011.

Saddam Hussein Statue Pulled Down To The Ground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWxszYK6IPU

Scheer, Christopher, and Robert Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry. The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us about Iraq. New York: Akashic Books, 2003.

Schwarzbaum, Lisa. "W." Rev. of W. Entertainment Weekly 24 Oct. 2008: n. pag. Web. 19 June 2012. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233285,00.html

Schweizer, Peter, and Rochelle Schweizer. The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty. New York: Anchor Books, 2005.

Speech Marking End of Major Combat Ops In Iraq ("Mission Accomplished") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yCsmwoMecU

Stanford, David, and G. B. Trudeau. Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes. New York: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008.

Stavis, Carley. "Fact-Checking Oliver Stone’s ‘W.’" City on a Hill Press 30 October 2008. http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2008/10/30/fact-checking-oliver-stone%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98w%E2%80%99/

Stolberg, Sheryl Gay. "First Father: Tough Times on Sidelines." New York Times 9 August 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/washington/09bushes.html?_r=2&ref=georgebush

Suskind, Ron. The One Percent Doctrine: Deep inside America's Pursuit of its Enemies since 9/11. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007.

Suskind, Ron. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Suskind, Ron. The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. New York: Harper, 2008.

Svetkey, Benjamin. "First Look: W., Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic." Entertainment Weekly 7 May 2008. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20198476,00.html

Tenet, George. At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA. New York: HarperCollins, 2007.

Tobias, Scott. “Interview: Oliver Stone.” The A.V. Club 16 October: 2008. http://www.avclub.com/articles/oliver-stone,14318/

Top 10 Bushisms http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/georgewbush/a/top10bushisms.htm

Toplin, Robert Brent. "W." Journal of American History 96.1 (2009): 315-18.

Tucker, Reed. "STONE THROWER: OLIVER STONE SAYS EVERY SCENE IN 'W.' IS ROOTED IN FACT. WE PUT THE PRESIDENTIAL BIOPIC TO THE TEST." New York Post 12 October 2008. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/item_QnFbwVa8K3d0QMxGkArhdN;jsessionid=B69EAFD23CDB7B1108E9BAFF3F7B6725

W.: The Film. http://www.wthefilm.com/guide/

Walsh, Kenneth T. "Looking Back on President George W. Bush's Troubled Presidency." US News.com. 8 December 2008.

Wood, Robin, updated by R. Barton Palmer. "Oliver Stone.” Film Reference. http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-St-Ve/Stone-Oliver.html

Woodward, Bob. Plan of Attack. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Woodward, Bob. Bush at War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Woodward, Bob. State of Denial. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.