Cover of The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-08

The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-08

Bush at War series

Bob Woodward once again pulls back the curtain on Washington to reveal the inner workings of a government at war. In his fourth book on President George W. Bush, Bob Woodward takes readers deep inside the tensions, secret debates, unofficial backchannels, distrust, and determina- tion within the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, the intelligence agencies, and the U.S. military headquarters in Iraq. This is the inside story of how Bush governed.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 6 pages

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