Oliver Stone Rips Obama in New Book

Points out he's continued Bush's policies and broke his promises

A new book from filmmaker Oliver Stone offers a scathing critique of President Barack Obama's time in office.

Stone, who wrote "The Untold History of the United States" with historian Peter Kuznick, puts forth a liberal interpretation of American history from the turn of the last century to present day. The 618-page book, slated for release Tuesday—a week before Election Day—from Gallery Books, slams Republicans and Democrats alike, and the authors' assessment of Obama's presidency is tinged with disappointment.

"The country Obama inherited was indeed in shambles, but Obama took a bad situation and, in certain ways, made it worse," Stone and Kuznick wrote. "…[R]ather than repudiating the policies of Bush and his predecessors, Obama has perpetuated them."