Obama's Wars - Softcover

Woodward, Bob

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ISBN 10: 184983220X ISBN 13: 9781849832205

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2011

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Bob Woodward's new book draws from hundreds of interviews with key administration figures, their deputies and other firsthand sources. In addition, the book is based on extensive documentation, including internal memos, letters, chronologies and meeting notes. It will focus on national security, especially the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the fight against terrorism. Woodward has structured the book to answer the questions: How does Obama govern? How and why does he decide? And how does he balance the numerous pressures of the modern presidency? Obama has learned that he is not commander-in-chief of the economy, and many of his high-profile reforms - such as health care, education and energy - have been turned over to Congress. But the president has realized he has almost total authority as commander-in-chief. Woodward thinks of the book as conceptually titled, The Crucible: Obama at War. Filled with intimate details and verbatim accounts that come from meticulous reporting, this is an unprecedented look at a young president in the 21st Century.

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Obama's Wars: the Inside Story

Review:

'If any writer is entitled to an opinion on the war in Afghanistan, it is Bob Woodward . . . Impeccably unbiased and utterly non-judgemental'
--Daily Telegraph

'Feuding, fighting, bickering, backstabbing - Bob Woodward's scoop offers intimate details . . . gripping stuff' --Christina Lamb, Sunday Times

'[Woodward's] books on the Bush administration have been definitive, and now he has provided a similar account of the Obama administration's handling of the war in Afghanistan' --Con Coughlin, Daily Telegraph

'Compelling . . . There is comedy in this book as well as high drama. But the stakes are deadly serious' --Sarah Sands, Evening Standard

'As a chronicler of American politics, Bob Woodward needs no introduction'
--Richard Adams, Guardian

'[A] compellingly readable book, which exposes the divided and uncertain counsels at the heart of the Obama Administration' --Andrew Roberts, Daily Mail

'In another of his superbly reported insider accounts, Bob Woodward recounts how a new president may have embroiled himself in a war that could poison his presidency' --Neil Sheehan, Guardian

'A vivid picture of Obama as president emerges from these pages'
--Denis Staunton, Irish Times

'An invaluable guide to the political processes behind modern warfare' --Prospect 12/10

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