by Bob Woodward
First published 2018
Bob Woodward opens the doors to Donald Trump's White House during his first years as president. The veteran journalist spent hundreds of hours interviewing sources who witnessed the explosive debates and critical decisions firsthand. Woodward examines how Trump makes choices on major foreign and domestic policies, drawing from meeting notes, personal diaries, and internal documents. The reporting moves between the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One, and the White House residence as decisions unfold. Woodward brings eight presidencies of experience to this investigation, having covered every administration from Nixon through Obama. The book captures the internal dynamics of a presidency in unprecedented detail, showing readers the actual mechanics of power at the highest levels of American government.
Genres: history, political-science, politics, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, current-affairs, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: insider-account, political-drama
Setting: Oval Office, Situation Room, Air Force One, White House
Period: First Years as President
357 pages · Kindle Edition · Simon & Schuster