Former president Bush (sigh) in the news again today, as an announcement was made about his upcoming book, tentatively called Decision Points.

The memoir will not be a chronological history of Bush’s life and experiences in the Oval Office. Rather, it will highlight significant decisions he made personally and politically. According to the publisher’s press release:

Mr. Bush will write candidly about, among other topics, his decision to run for the presidency; how he chose his closest advisors, including Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Condoleezza Rice; the terrorist attacks of 9/11; the decisions to send American troops to Afghanistan and Iraq; the response to Hurricane Katrina; his commitment to fight AIDS around the world; the formation of his stem cell research policy; his relationships with his father, mother, siblings, and wife; his decision to quit drinking; and how he found faith.

Obviously I’m just swimming in Kool Aid, but I think the book is especially intriguing in that it crosses the line between political memoir and leadership strategy guide. I can see this appealing as much to CEOs as to history and politics buffs. (A fitting genre for the MBA president.)

Mike Allen tells us that Bush is, unsurprisingly, taking a very disciplined approach to writing the book — cranking out a couple thousand words a day during set office times. (He’s obviously not a professional writer.)

And he’s relying on the aid of wunderkind Chris Michel, the former 27 year-old director of speechwriting who served just prior to the current 27 year-old director of speechwriting.

With this book news, and Tuesday’s first foray onto the post-White House speech circuit, President Bush is proving once again that writers are even more valuable to presidents out of office than in.