by Bob Woodward
First published 1987
Bob Woodward penetrates the secretive world of CIA Director William Casey, the most influential spymaster in the agency's four decades. Through clandestine meetings in Casey's home and dozens of phone conversations, Woodward witnesses how Casey and Ronald Reagan forge a partnership that reshapes global politics through covert warfare. Casey operates with unprecedented freedom, launching secret operations that define the Reagan era's foreign policy ambitions. Woodward's access extends even to Casey's hospital deathbed, where final secrets are revealed. The investigation exposes how covert wars conducted in shadows become the explosive centerpieces of 1980s American diplomacy. As Casey maneuvers through Washington's power corridors, committing the nation to expanded clandestine relationships worldwide, Woodward documents the dangerous gambles that threaten to detonate America's foreign policy foundation. This is the story of two men bound by shared philosophy who attempt to remake the world through secret wars.
Genres: biography, 20th-century, espionage, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Washington
Period: 1980s
Paperback · Non Renseigné