A secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006 forecasted a more violent 2007 in Iraq, contradicting the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush. This book examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. In this detailed inside story of a war-torn White House, Woodward answers the core questions: What happened after the invasion of Iraq? Why?...

Woodward shows Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism.

The man who exposed Richard Nixon's taping system discusses his experience in the White House as Nixon's top aide.

"This book examines the struggle between President Obama and the United States Congress to manage federal spending and tax policy for the three and one half years between 2009 and the summer of 2012. More than half the book focuses on the intense 44-day crisis in June and July 2011 when the United States came to the brink of a potentially catastrophic default on its debt."--Note to readers.

Ein Präsident im Visier der Journalistenlegende: Donald Trump zwischen Corona, Wirtschaftskrise und wachsendem Widerstand Donald Trump hat die USA in eine tiefe Krise geführt. Bob Woodward weist nach: Bereits im Januar 2020 wusste Trump, dass die Corona-Epidemie zur größten Bedrohung der nationalen Sicherheit während seiner Präsidentschaft wird. Gesundheitssystem und Wirtschaft sind am Rande des Zusammenbruchs. Zugleich versammeln sich Hunderttausende...

With his unmatched investigative skill, Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council - and firsthand revelations of the private thoughts, concerns and fears of the president and his war cabinet - make Bush at War an unprecedented...

"The most memorable contribution to this year's American political literature, however, was not a printed book. The Trump Tapes...is an audio collection that offers a passport to the heart of darkness." —The Guardian

"An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected, non-partisan journalists in the world" —Jake Tapper, CNN

"It was riveting. I couldn't get...

A quarter century after Watergate and Nixon's resignation Woodward (All the President's Men) explores how this unprecedented scandal has influenced the office of the president and haunted American politics and culture

[In this book, the author] tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top national security advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive quotations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council - and firsthand revelations of the private thoughts, concerns and fears of the president and his war cabinet - make [the book a] chronicle of a modern presidency...