In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir is a memoir

Memoir

A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...

 written by former Vice President of the United States

Vice President of the United States

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 Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney

Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....

 with Elizabeth Cheney

Elizabeth Cheney

Elizabeth Cheney Perry , commonly called Liz, is an American attorney. During the George W. Bush administration years, she held positions in the State Department of the United States...

. The book was released on August 30, 2011 and outlines Cheney's version of 9/11

September 11, 2001 attacks

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, the War on Terrorism

War on Terrorism

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, the 2001 War in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

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, the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, enhanced interrogation techniques

Enhanced interrogation techniques

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 and other events. According to Barton Gellman

Barton Gellman

Barton David Gellman is a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist, blogger and bestselling author.-Career:After 21 years on the staff of The Washington Post, Gellman resigned in February 2010 to concentrate on book and magazine writing...

, the author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency is a book by Washington Post investigative reporter Barton Gellman, published in 2008. Presenting information in a narrative fashion, Gellman asserts that United States Vice President Dick Cheney misled Republican leaders about the threat of Iraq before the...

, Cheney's book differs with publicly available records on details surrounding the NSA surveillance program

NSA warrantless surveillance controversy

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.

Cheney discusses his both good and bad interactions with his peers during the Presidency of George W. Bush.

See also

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