The Commanders - Hardcover

Woodward, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671413678 ISBN 13: 9780671413675

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

The Commanders is based on two years of reporting and intensive interviewing within the Bush administration and the Pentagon and provides a behind-the-scenes account of the administration's war and peace policies. Bob Woodward shows how the United States' most crucial decisions are debated, fought over and finally put into action by a handful of strong, ambitious and politically sophisticated men. These commanders include the Commander-in-Chief himself, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell as well as National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, Secretary of State James Baker and Generals Maxwell Thurman, commander in Panama and H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of Desert Storm. The Commanders provides details of what happens when these men sit down to determine defense policy. It follows the inner-council debates and National Security Council meetings as the action moves from the Pentagon to the White House, to the fields of Panama and the Gulf. As Bob Woodward unveils the struggle for power and influence among these men, he shows Bush at the helm, fully - even emotionally - involved in every judgement and every detail. The Commanders shows who America's leaders really are.

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Review:

"Newsweek"

A telling narrative of leaders in crisis.

Tom Weiner

"Philadelphia Inquirer"

A great book...no one beats Woodward.

"USA Today"

Few if any other reporters but Woodward could have gotten this close to the decision makers.

"San Francisco Chronicle"

Woodward gets inside the minds of ÝWashington's¨ players to see how our leaders really think.

"The Miami Herald"

As always, world-class reporter Woodward rewards his readers with the thrill of eavesdropping on the power elite.

"The New York Times"

Authoritative...a lively, behind-the-scenes docudrama...filled with accounts of secret Pentagon meetings, political maneuvers, second guesses, and roads not taken.

"Newsweek"A telling narrative of leaders in crisis.

Tom Weiner"Philadelphia Inquirer"A great book...no one beats Woodward.

"BusinessWeek"Riveting...the book moves at the pace of potboiler fiction.

"USA Today"Few if any other reporters but Woodward could have gotten this close to the decision makers.

About the Author:

Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post, has been a newspaper reporter and editor for thirty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0671413678
• ISBN 13: 9780671413675
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384