Bob WOODWARD
Bob WOODWARD
"OBAMA´S WARS"
Simon & Schuster, 2010
ISBN: 9781439172490
THE AUTHOR:
Bob Woodward, born 1943 in Geneva, Illinois, is an associate editor at The Washington Post, where he has worked for 39 years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizees, first for the Post´s coverage of the Watergate scandal, and later for covaerag of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored or coauthored eleven #1 national nonfiction bestsellers. He has two daughters, Tali and Diana, and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, writer Elsa Walsh.
THE BOOK:
In Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief. Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key players, including the president, Woodward tells the inside story of Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret campaign in Pakistan and the worldwide fight against terrorism.
Woodward has discovered how the Obama White House really works, showing that even more tough decisions lie ahead for the cerebral and engaged president.
Obama's Wars offers the reader a stunning, you-are-there account of the president, his White House aides, military leaders, diplomats and intelligence chiefs in this time of turmoil and danger.
PRESS COMMENTS:
„ …Mr. Woodward adds lots of detail and anecdotal color to the story of how the White House's policy on Afghanistan evolved over the administration's first 18 months, and how the decision was made to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan…with a drawdown of American forces scheduled to begin in July 2011. Like all Woodward books, Obama's Wars plows relentlessly forward like a shark.“
The New York Times - Michiko Kakutani
„In another of his superbly reported insider accounts, Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward recounts how a new president may well have embroiled himself in a war that could poison his presidency…“
The Washington Post - Neil Sheehan