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."