Obama's Wars - Hardcover

Woodward, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439172498 ISBN 13: 9781439172490

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2010

Synopsis

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key administration officials, their deputies, and other first-hand sources, Woodward takes listeners deep into the national security state and shows how Obama debates, decides, and balances the enormous pressures facing the modern president. As always, Woodward also bases his work on extensive documentation, including internal memos, letters, detailed chronologies, and meeting notes that reveal the behind-the-scenes realities of the Obama era. Obama has learned that he is not commander-in-chief of the economy. Many of his high-profile domestic reforms - healthcare, education, and energy - were largely turned over to Congress. But the president has realised the weight and reach of his authority as commander-in-chief, a responsibility that may define much of his legacy. Filled with intimate scenes told verbatim, this is an unprecedented look at a young president responding to the dangers and commitments of the 21st century.

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Review:

'If any writer is entitled to an opinion on the war in Afghanistan, it is Bob Woodward. The author and Watergate reporting legend has just resurfaced from two years' immersion in the subject, having interviewed 100 officials past and present, major White House players -- many several times over -- as well as the president himself. The resulting book, Obama's Wars, has become an instant bestseller, as well as an instant headline-grabber, chiefly because of the verbal fireworks and fractious policy debate among the protagonists in the administration. And in trademark Woodward fashion -- this is his 16th book -- it is impeccably unbiased and utterly non-judgemental. "I believe in neutral inquiry," he tells The Daily Telegraph, in his first British interview since the book's publication. "That is the core job of the journalist." ' Interview, Daily Telegrah 2/10

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439172498
• ISBN 13: 9781439172490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464