George W Bush had 'sickening feeling' over WMD lack
In his autobiography, Mr Bush focuses on 14 major decisions of his life and presidency
The revelation comes in his memoir, "Decision Points", set to be published next week.
He also reveals that he temporarily considered replacing Vice President Dick Cheney, calling him the "Darth Vader of the administration".
But he has no comment on his successor in the White House, Barack Obama.
The 64-year-old former president defends his decision to invade Iraq in his autobiography, which was obtained in advance by the New York Times.
He argues that Iraqi citizens are better off without the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, whom he calls a "homicidal dictator", adding the US is also better off without a Mr Hussein pursuing biological or chemical weapons.
But Mr Bush admits that he was shocked when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq.
"No one was more shocked and angry than I was when we didn't find the weapons," he writes.
"I had a sickening feeling every time I thought about it. I still do."
In his memoir, the former president also says he spent weeks investigating the possibility of replacing Mr Cheney with Tennessee Senator Bill Frist for his 2004 re-election campaign.
The idea was prompted in 2003 during a private lunch between Mr Bush and Mr Cheney, who offered to drop out of the race.
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