Cheney book renews post-9/11 US policy fights

WASHINGTON - Former US vice-president Dick Cheney's new memoir revives the fierce battles over US national security policies after the Sept 11, 2001 attacks as it rips open old wounds among aides to then president George W. Bush.

Cheney describes his upbringing on the Wyoming prairie where he hunted jackrabbits and learned to fish before turning his attention to his eight years in the Bush White House, where he pushed a "go-it-alone" world view that enraged his critics.

The book In My Time has grabbed headlines for Cheney's attempts to settle scores with foes such as former secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.