This series delves into the inner workings of high-stakes American politics, particularly during pivotal crisis moments that have shaped modern history. With remarkable immediacy and journalistic rigor, it captures the crucial decisions and dramatic events impacting the global stage. Readers are drawn into the whirlwind of action, where reality rivals a suspenseful thriller, offering a glimpse into the complex mechanisms of statecraft.
Bush at War reveals in stunning detail how an untested president with a sweeping vision for remaking the world and war cabinet members often at odds with each other responded to the September 11 terrorist attacks and prepared to confront Iraq. Woodward's virtual wiretap into the White House Situation Room is the first history of the war on terrorism.
Now in paperback--Woodward's bestselling landmark account of Washington decision-making that provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam.
Following 'Bush at War' and 'Plan of Attack', this is the third of Woodward's unique portraits of a working presidency, and its trials and tribulations. He takes the reader on an inside journey from the start of the Iraq War in 2003 right up to the present day.
Bob Woodward once again pulls back the curtain on Washington to reveal the inner workings of a government at war. In his fourth book on President George W. Bush, Bob Woodward takes readers deep inside the tensions, secret debates, unofficial backchannels, distrust, and determina- tion within the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, the intelligence agencies, and the U.S. military headquarters in Iraq. This is the inside story of how Bush governed.