Deze serie duikt in de binnenkamer van de Amerikaanse politiek op hoog niveau, met name tijdens cruciale crisismomenten die de moderne geschiedenis hebben gevormd. Met opmerkelijke directheid en journalistieke precisie legt het belangrijke beslissingen en dramatische gebeurtenissen vast die het wereldtoneel beïnvloeden. Lezers worden meegezogen in de maalstroom van de gebeurtenissen, waar de realiteit wedijvert met een spannende thriller, en krijgen een inkijkje in de complexe staatsbestuursprocessen.
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.
Based on interviews with 75 key participants and more than three and a half hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush, this text examines how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq
After two #1 "New York Times" bestsellers on the Bush administrations wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Woodwards latest book on the Bush White House again provides an unparalleled, intimate account of the present state of national security decision-making.
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.