New Releases by Bob Woodward

"War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history. We see President Joe Biden and his top advisers in tense conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. We also see Donald Trump, conducting a shadow presidency and seeking to regain political power. With unrivaled, inside-the-room reporting, Woodward shows President Biden''s approach to managing the war in Ukraine, the most significant land war in Europe since World War II, and his tortured path to contain the bloody Middle East conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. Woodward reveals the extraordinary complexity and consequence of wartime back-channel diplomacy and decision-making to deter the use of nuclear weapons and a rapid slide into World War III. The raw cage-fight of politics accelerates as Americans prepare to vote in 2024, starting between President Biden and Trump, and ending with the unexpected elevation of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. War provides an unvarnished examination of the vice president as she tries to embrace the Biden legacy and policies while beginning to chart a path of her own as a presidential candidate"--

"Featuring more than eight hours of Woodward/Trump conversations, The Trump Tapes is as historically important as the Frost/Nixon interviews. In this up-close, unvarnished self-portrait of Trump and his presidency, listeners will hear Trump as Woodward did: profane, incautious, divisive, and deceptive, but also engaging and entertaining, ever the host and the salesman, trying to sell his presidency to win Woodward over"--

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa cover the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency.

‘My reason for writing this book is quite simple. I want to ask my spirit guides to tell us of ways in which we may – whilst still living in our physical bodies on earth – cross over the threshold that leads into realms of spirit... These are the same worlds that we will enter after our earthly deaths, and the very same worlds from which we have also descended into our earthly births.’ Working with his personal spirit guides, Bob Woodward seeks contemporary methods to gain access to higher worlds, the metaphysical realms of reality that underpin our existence. In comprehensible language – accessible to any serious seeker of truth – he presents transcripts of communications with his guides, each section featuring an individual teaching followed by questions, discussion and commentary. The messages he receives contain a sequence of imaginative, inspiring meditations that enable the reader to explore worlds of spirit. Reconnecting consciously with these spheres brings true knowledge of ourselves, allowing each of us to work as enlightened beings, with greater compassion and understanding, for the good of the whole world. Following on from his Knowledge of Spirit Worlds and Life After Death, Bob Woodward’s new book provides vital insights for anyone aspiring to a greater sense of meaning and purpose in their lives.

EL LIBRO MÁS EXPLOSIVO DE LA PRESTIGIOSA CARRERA DE BOB WOODWARD, LA LEYENDA DEL PERIODISMO AMERICANO QUE DESTAPÓ EL WATERGATE. La extraordinaria historia del fin de la presidencia de Trump y el comienzo de la presidencia de Joe Biden. La transición del presidente Donald J. Trump al presidente Joseph R. Biden Jr. es uno de los períodos más peligrosos de la historia de Estados Unidos. Pero como revelan por vez primera el ganador del Premio Pulitzer Bob Woodward y el aclamado reportero Robert Costa, se trataba de mucho más que una simple crisis política interna. Woodward y Costa entrevistaron a más de 200 personas en el centro de la confusión, lo que resultó en más de 6.000 páginas de transcripciones y un retrato fascinante y definitivo de una nación al borde del abismo. Este estudio clásico de Washington lleva a los lectores a lo más profundo de la Casa Blanca de Trump, la Casa Blanca de Biden, la carrera electoral de 2020, al Pentágono y al Congreso, con vívidos relatos de testigos presenciales de lo que realmente sucedió. Peligro se complementa con material nunca antes visto de órdenes secretas, transcripciones de llamadas confidenciales, diarios, correos electrónicos, notas de reuniones y otros registros personales y gubernamentales, lo que lo convierte en una historia incomparable. «Tenemos mucho que hacer en este invierno de peligro», declaró Biden en su toma de posesión, un evento marcado por una alarma de seguridad angustiosa y la amenaza del terrorismo nacional. Lo que ha dicho la crítica: «Lo que es tan estimulante, estresante e importante de este nuevo libro es lo que revela sobre lo peor que era de lo que sabíamos, lo más cerca que estuvimos de un desastre real de lo que habíamos conocido hasta ahora.» Rachel Maddow, MSNBC «El libro detalla cómo la presidencia de Trump se derrumbó esencialmente en sus últimos meses en el cargo, particularmente después de su derrota electoral y el inicio de su campaña para negar los resultados.» Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times «Sabemos que el período entre las elecciones y la investidura fue una época de gran agitación interna. Y lo que hace Peligro es que muestra que esto también fue una grave crisis de seguridad nacional.» Isaac Stanley-Becker, NPR «Nuevos detalles explosivos sobre las acciones del expresidente Donald Trump en torno a las elecciones del año pasado y la insurrección de enero.» PBS

Discover the inside story of life inside President Trump’s White House as only #1 internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward can tell it with this collection of Woodward’s most revealing and unprecedented works including Fear, Rage, and Peril. With authoritative reporting, internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward offers an exposing and riveting account of President Trump’s term in office—from the beginning to the final transfer of power to President Biden’s administration. In vivid detail, Woodward paints the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published in this complete trilogy following the Trump presidency. This collection includes: Fear: An “explosive” (The Washington Post) and “devastating” (The New Yorker) look at the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Fear is the inside story on President Trump as only Bob Woodward can tell it, drawing from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files, and documents. Rage: An unprecedented and intimate tour de force of reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster, and racial unrest. In dramatic detail, Woodward has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency. Peril: The book covers the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency.

Por el ganador de dos Premios Pulitzer y autor del best seller internacional Miedo, Trump en La Casa Blanca. Número 1 en todas las listas de ventas en Estados Unidos. Cerca de 2 millones de ejemplares vendidos. Bob Woodward cubre con este libro el momento exacto en que el presidente fue advertido de que la epidemia de la Covid-19 iba a ser la mayor amenaza a la seguridad nacional de su presidencia. El autor traslada a los lectores al Despacho Oval justo en el momento en que el presidente, en enero de 2020, levanta la cabeza y oye que la pandemia podría alcanzar la dimensión de la gripe española de 1918, que mató a 675.000 estadounidenses. En sus 17 entrevistas con Woodward a lo largo de siete explosivos meses –con las que nos adentramos en la mente de Trump–, el presidente ofrece al lector un fiel autorretrato que es en parte negación y en parte un belicoso intercambio, combinado con sorprendentes momentos de duda cuando ve que peligra su propio cargo, con lo que él denomina la «dinamita tras cada puerta». Rabia muestra los momentos clave de la crisis de 2020, y las respuestas de Trump, basadas en el instinto, las costumbres y el personal estilo mostrado durante sus primeros tres años de presidencia. Woodward tuvo acceso a 25 cartas personales inéditas intercambiadas entre Trump y el líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un, que describen el vínculo entre los dos líderes como de «película fantástica». Trump le insiste a Woodward que triunfará sobre la Covid-19 y sobre la crisis económica. «No te preocupes por eso, Bob. ¿Vale? –le dijo Trump al escritor en julio–. No te preocupes. Tendremos tiempo de hacer otro libro. Y verás que tenía razón.» La crítica ha dicho... «La prosa de Woodward ofrece a los lectores esa fantástica sensación de asistir indirectamente a los acontecimientos, de estar ahí mismo con Bob, de ser testigo de las fanfarronadas y los enfurruñamientos del presidente.» Washington Post « Rabia, recurriendo a las palabras del propio Trump, muestra a un presidente que ha traicionado la confianza del público y las responsabilidades más básicas de su cargo.» CNN «Tras el éxito de Miedo, Woodward nos ofrece otro relato alarmante, perfectamente documentado, de la confusión, el mal funcionamiento y la temeridad del gobierno de Trump.» Publishers Weekly «Woodward se ha convertido en el mejor reportero de nuestro tiempo. Puede que sea el mejor reportero de todos los tiempos.» Bob Schieffer, CBS News «Woodward tiene una habilidad extraordinaria de conseguir que un adulto responsable se vuelque y se lo cuente todo. Su capacidad para hablar con la gente de cosas de las que no debería hablar es extraordinaria, un talento único.» Robert Gates, exdirector de la CIA y la Secretaría de Defensa

Neste livro, o leitor conhecerá o momento exato em que Trump foi avisado da ameaça representada pela Covid-19. Ao longo de sete meses, Woodward gravou dezessete entrevistas com o então presidente — num raro e detalhado vislumbre de sua mente. O jornalista mostra como membros do gabinete tentavam manter o país a salvo enquanto Trump desmantelava qualquer tentativa de decisão colegiada nos assuntos de segurança nacional.

Een ongekende tour de force over Trumps presidentschap door Pulitzerprijswinnaar Bob Woodward. In aanloop naar de presidentsverkiezingen van 2020 schetst Woodward een intiem en verontrustend portret van Trump. Op basis van exclusieve interviews met de Amerikaanse president en 25 nooit eerder vertoonde brieven tussen Trump en de Noord-Koreaanse leider Kim Jong-un gaat hij verder waar hij gebleven was in zijn vorige bestseller Angst. Woodward kijkt naar Trumps belangrijkste beslissingen tijdens crisisjaar 2020 en toont aan hoe zijn beleid geworteld is in de instincten, gewoonten en stijl die hij ontwikkelde tijdens zijn eerste drie jaar als president van de Verenigde Staten. Woodward put uit honderden uren aan interviews met getuigen uit de eerste hand, evenals aantekeningen, e-mails, dagboeken, agenda''s en vertrouwelijke documenten van ingewijden. Daarnaast geven de exclusieve gesprekken die Woodward voerde met Trump zelf een ongekende kijk in de fascinerende persoonlijkheid van Amerika''s 45e president. Daarmee toont hij het fundament van Trumps presidentschap, zijn onrust, tegenstrijdigheden en risico''s. Het is een essentieel boek voor iedereen die op zoek is naar een nauwkeurig beeld van de turbulente jaren onder Trump. Beluister nu ook de Zoeken naar Boeken-podcast over Woede. ''Vernietigend ... In tegenstelling tot de meeste Trump-tapes, vertelt Woodward ons daadwerkelijk iets nieuws over de president, in plaats van alleen maar te bevestigen wat we al denken te weten.'' – The New York Times ''Woede is misschien wel Bob Woodwards belangrijkste boek sinds All the President''s Men.'' – CNN ''Het boek vertoont een bijzondere gelijkenis met de beroemde interviews tussen David Frost en Richard Nixon, de president die Woodward en Carl Bernstein bijna een halve eeuw geleden met hun berichtgeving over Watergate ten val brachten.'' – The Guardian

Bob Woodward’s new book, Rage, is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. Woodward, the #1 international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency. In dramatic detail, Woodward takes readers into the Oval Office as Trump’s head pops up when he is told in January 2020 that the pandemic could reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 Americans. In 17 on-the-record interviews with Woodward over seven volatile months—an utterly vivid window into Trump’s mind—the president provides a self-portrait that is part denial and part combative interchange mixed with surprising moments of doubt as he glimpses the perils in the presidency and what he calls the “dynamite behind every door.” At key decision points, Rage shows how Trump’s responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during his first three years as president. Revisiting the earliest days of the Trump presidency, Rage reveals how Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats struggled to keep the country safe as the president dismantled any semblance of collegial national security decision making. Rage draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand witnesses as well as participants’ notes, emails, diaries, calendars and confidential documents. Woodward obtained 25 never-seen personal letters exchanged between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who describes the bond between the two leaders as out of a “fantasy film.” Trump insists to Woodward he will triumph over Covid-19 and the economic calamity. “Don’t worry about it, Bob. Okay?” Trump told the author in July. “Don’t worry about it. We’ll get to do another book. You’ll find I was right.”

Cea mai devastatoare dramă politică și detectivistică a secolului: doi reporteri de la Washington Post, a căror investigație genială, câștigătoare a Premiului Pulitzer, a declanșat scandalul Watergate, ne povestesc evenimentele din spatele ușilor închise, așa cum s-au întâmplat. Aceasta este cartea care a schimbat America. Publicată cu doar câteva luni înainte de demisia președintelui Nixon, Toți oamenii Președintelui a dezvăluit scopul scandalului și l-a prezentat pentru prima dată pe misteriosul „Deep Throat“. Începând cu povestea unui simplu jaf la sediul democraților și continuând apoi cu dezlegarea fiecărei ițea unui complot cât se poate de încâlcit, Bernstein și Woodward ne oferă o poveste la prima mână despre modul în care și-au făcut ancheta. Reportajele lor explozive au dus la câștigarea unui Premiu Pulitzer pentru Washington Post, au doborât un președinte și au inspirat generații întregi de reporteri. Cartea care a dărâmato administrație... poate cel mai important exemplu de jurnalism de investigație din istorie. Time

La historia del presidente Trump como solo Bob Woodward podía contarla. Con la autoridad de haber informado a lo largo de ocho presidencias, desde Nixon hasta Obama, Bob Woodward revela con un detalle sin precedentes la horrible verdad del día a día en la Casa Blanca del presidente Donald Trump, precisando cómo es su toma de decisiones en las principales políticas internas y exteriores. Woodward analiza cientos de horas de entrevistas a fuentes de primera mano, notas de reuniones, diarios personales, archivos y documentos. El libro hace especial hincapié en los polémicos debates y en las decisiones que se toman en el despacho oval, la sala de situaciones, el Air Force One y en la residencia oficial de La Casa Blanca. Miedo es el retrato más íntimo sobre un presidente en activo jamás publicado anteriormente durante sus primeros años en la Casa Blanca. La crítica ha dicho... «Woodward describe la Casa Blanca de Trump como una operación bizantina, traicionera y fuera de control.» Mark Landler y Maggie Haberman, New York Times «Un informe devastador sobre la presidencia de Trump que será consultado durante muchos años. Lo que Woodward ha escrito no es tan solo la historia de un presidente profundamente cuestionado, sino también un relato alrededor de aquellos que le apoyaron y eligieron.» Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker «El gran libro de no ficción del año, no sólo por esperado, sino también por sus revelaciones, rigurosas, documentadas y de testimonios de primera mano del Despacho Oval o las reuniones de trabajo a bordo del Air Force One.» Matías Néspolo, El Mundo «Un preciso retrato periodístico de la Casa Blanca basado en un centenar de fuentes que se lee como un guión cinematográfico a golpe de realidad.» Dori Toribio, analista política y corresponsal en Washington «El libro dibuja un escenario de locura dentro del Gobierno del país más poderoso del mundo.» Amanda Mars, El País

Edizione Italiana

Bob Woodward, die Ikone des investigativen Journalismus in den USA, hat alle amerikanischen Präsidenten aus nächster Nähe beobachtet. Nun nimmt er sich den derzeitigen Präsidenten vor und enthüllt den erschütternden Zustand des Weißen Hauses unter Donald Trump. Woodward beschreibt, wie dieser Präsident Entscheidungen trifft, er berichtet von eskalierenden Debatten im Oval Office und in der Air Force One, dem volatilen Charakter Trumps und dessen Obsessionen und Komplexen. Woodwards Buch ist ein Dokument der Zeitgeschichte: Hunderte Stunden von Interviews mit direkt Beteiligten, Gesprächsprotokolle, Tagebücher, Notizen – auch von Trump selbst – bieten einen dramatischen Einblick in die Machtzentrale der westlichen Welt, in der vor allem eines herrscht: Furcht. Woodward ist das Porträt eines amtierenden amerikanischen Präsidenten gelungen, das es in dieser Genauigkeit noch nicht gegeben hat.

Hij volgde al acht Amerikaanse presidenten, van wie er één, Nixon, door zijn onthullingen, moest aftreden; maar nooit eerder schreef de gelauwerde journalist Bob Woodward zo vernietigend over een zittende Amerikaanse president als over Donald Trump in Angst. Aan de hand van verslagen, dagboeken, documenten en honderden uren van interviews met primaire bronnen beschrijft Woodward de verbijsterende gang van zaken in het Witte Huis, en de bizarre manier waarop de president besluiten neemt over binnen- en buitenlandse kwesties. Nog nooit is er een zo beangstigend beeld gegeven van een president in zijn eerste jaren als in Angst van Bob Woodward. Nadat delen ervan vóór publicatie uitlekten, stond het boek direct op de eerste plaats van de bestsellerlijsten in de Verenigde Staten en Engeland. Bob Woodward (1943) is sinds 1971 werkzaam voor The Washington Post. Voor zijn werk aan de onthullingen rondom Watergate en de nasleep van 11 september kreeg hij beide een Pulitzerprijs. ''In Woodwards boek wordt de werkelijkheid zoals we die al een tijdje vermoedden, onderbouwd en van getuigen voorzien: de Verenigde Staten en de wereld zitten opgescheept met een levensgevaarlijke idioot, die volstrekt ongeschikt is voor het vak dat hij beoefent: machtigste man ter wereld.'' Bert Wagendorp, de Volkskrant

OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD RUNAWAY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SENSATIONAL #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Explosive.”—The Washington Post “Devastating.”—The New Yorker “Unprecedented.”—CNN “Great reporting...astute.”—Hugh Hewitt THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT With authoritative reporting honed through nine presidencies, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president’s first years in office. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. Often with day-by-day details, dialogue and documentation, Fear tracks key foreign issues from North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, the Middle East, NATO, China and Russia. It reports in-depth on Trump’s key domestic issues particularly trade and tariff disputes, immigration, tax legislation, the Paris Climate Accord and the racial violence in Charlottesville in 2017. Fear presents vivid details of the negotiations between Trump’s attorneys and Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, laying out for the first time the meeting-by-meeting discussions and strategies. It discloses how senior Trump White House officials joined together to steal draft orders from the president’s Oval Office desk so he would not issue directives that would jeopardize top secret intelligence operations. “It was no less than an administrative coup d’état,” Woodward writes, “a nervous breakdown of the executive power of the most powerful country in the world.”

Bob Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle in his new book The Last of the President’s Men. Woodward reveals the untold story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping system that changed history and led to Nixon’s resignation. In forty-six hours of interviews with Butterfield, supported by thousands of documents, many of them original and not in the presidential archives and libraries, Woodward has uncovered new dimensions of Nixon’s secrets, obsessions and deceptions. The Last of the President’s Men could not be more timely and relevant as voters question how much do we know about those who are now seeking the presidency in 2016—what really drives them, how do they really make decisions, who do they surround themselves with, and what are their true political and personal values?

It began with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington DC, on 17 June 1972. Bob Woodward, a journalist for the Washington Post, was called into the office on a Saturday morning to cover the story. Carl Bernstein, a political reporter on the Post, was also assigned. They soon learned this was no ordinary burglary. Following lead after lead, Woodward and Bernstein picked up a trail of money, conspiracy and high-level pressure that ultimately led to the doors of the Oval Office. Men very close to the President were implicated, and then Richard Nixon himself. Over a period of months, Woodward met secretly with Deep Throat, for decades the most famous anonymous source in the history of journalism. As he and Bernstein pieced the jigsaw together, they produced a series of explosive stories that would not only win the Post a Pulitzer Prize, they would bring about the President''s scandalous downfall. ALL THE PRESIDENT''S MEN documents this amazing story. Taut, gripping and fascinating, it is a classic of its kind -- the true story of the events that changed the American presidency.

Twenty-five years after Richard Nixon''s resignation, investigative journalist Bob Woodward examines the legacy of Watergate. Based on hundreds of interviews - both on and off the record - and three years of research of government archives, Woodward''s latest book explains in detail how the premier scandal of US history has indelibly altered the shape of American politics and culture - and has limited the power to act of the presidency itself. Bob Woodward''s mix of historical perspective and journalistic sleuthing provides a unique perspective on the repercussions of Watergate and proves that it was far more than a passing, embarrassing crisis in American politics: it heralded the beginning of a new period of troubled presidencies. From Ford through to Clinton, presidents have battled public scepticism, a challenging Congress, adversarial press and even special prosecutors in their term in office. Now, a quarter of a century after the scandal emerged, the man who helped expose Watergate shows us the stunning impact of its heritage.

Bob Woodward is an associate editor at The Washington Post, where he has worked for thirty-seven years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, first for the Post''s coverage of the Watergate scandal, and later for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored or coauthored twelve #1 national non-fiction bestsellers. He is the author of Obama''s Wars, The War Within, Bush at War, Plan of Attack, and State of Denial, among others.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal, The Washington Post''s seminal Watergate stories have been gathered together for the first time as an eBook, including a foreword by journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein assessing the impact of their stories 40 years later. "5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats'' Offices Here", said the headline at the bottom of page one in the Washington Post on Sunday, June 18, 1972. The story reported that a team of burglars had been arrested inside the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office complex in Washington. On assignment, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward uncovered a widespread political scandal and cover-up at the highest levels of government, culminating with the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The Post won a Pulitzer Prize for its work, which became the subject of two best-selling books and a renowned movie, "All the President''s Men." This eBook is a look back at the dramatic chain of events that would convulse Washington for two years and lead to the first resignation of a U.S. president, forever changing American politics.

The Agendais a day-by-day, often minute-by-minute account of Bill Clinton''s White House. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, confidential internal memos, diaries, and meeting notes, Woodward shows how Clinton and his advisers grappled with questions of lasting importance -- the federal deficit, health care, welfare reform, taxes, jobs. One of the most intimate portraits of a sitting president ever published, this edition includes an afterword on Clinton''s efforts to save his presidency.

The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices—maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.

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

Barack Obama a-t-il l''étoffe d''un président de guerre ? Parmi tous les périls qui planent sur son mandat, la guerre d''Afghanistan est sans doute le défi le plus important qu''il ait à relever. Au lendemain de sa victoire, l''ancien candidat " anti-guerre " a dû endosser l''habit du commandant en chef pour sortir l''Amérique du bourbier dans lequel George W. Bush l''avait précipitée. C''est cette mue que raconte Bob Woodward, poursuivant son exploration des coulisses du pouvoir américain. Fort d''un accès privilégié aux documents les mieux gardés et des confidences des personnalités les plus haut placées à Washington, il décrit sous un jour nouveau les deux premières années de l''administration Obama et dresse un portrait inédit du 44e président des Etats-Unis. Dans Les Guerres d''Obama, on assiste ainsi à son premier briefing par les services de renseignement - où il apprend que la CIA entretient une véritable armée clandestine au Pakistan -, on suit au jour le jour la constitution de l''équipe chargée de la sécurité et de la politique extérieure des Etats-Unis - notamment comment Barack Obama a convaincu Hillary Clinton, pourtant son adversaire, de le rejoindre - et on est plongé dans la véritable guerre de tranchées qui voit s''affronter la Maison Blanche et le Pentagone sur la conduite à tenir en Afghanistan. Car c''est bien à une guerre dans la guerre que Barack Obama a été confronté, avec le risque de voir les militaires prendre le pas sur le pouvoir civil. Au-delà des événements cruciaux qu''il est le premier à évoquer, Bob Woodward nous permet ainsi de mieux comprendre comment Barack Obama pense, décide et agit.

John Belushi murió a los treinta y tres años ejecutado por su volcánica exuberancia (y por una exuberante dosis de speedball) en un lujoso hotel de Sunset Boulevard. Esa muerte es el arranque de una indagación que conducirá a Bob Woodward, cobestia negra de Richard Nixon, hasta las aromáticas vísceras del show business norteamericano. Para relatar la portentosa vida del humorista y plasmar la estridente fanfarria que rodeó su ascensión y su tragedia, el infatigable reportero tuvo que manejar un heterogéneo aluvión de materiales (diarios, cartas, inventarios, facturas, diagnósticos, etc.) y, sobre todo, entrevistar extensamente a una caterva formada por 217 celebridades, fantasmas y medianías: la viuda del difunto, compañeros de armas y fatigas como Dan Aykroyd, actores y directores como Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher, Spielberg o Jack Nicholson, prohombres de la industria cinematográfica, policías, matones, traficantes, músicos, vividores y otros interesantes especímenes del submundo adherido a las candilejas. Todos sabían que el bólido se dirigía al abismo, pero sus amigos fueron incapaces de detenerlo y sus satélites siguieron proporcionándole el combustible que lo mantenía en marcha (una marcha, por cierto, tan ruidosa como rentable): la «gran vida» de Nueva York o Hollywood tenía esos feroces inconvenientes. Bob Woodward dibuja en este libro un meticuloso, conmovedor y en ocasiones despiadado retrato de una época y de un individuo que vivió demasiado y lo perdió todo a manos de su insaciable antojo.

In his unmissable new book Bob Woodward takes the reader on an inside journey from the start of the Iraq War in 2003 right up to the present day, providing a detailed, authoritative account of President Bush''s leadership and the struggles among the men and women in the White House, the Pentagon, the CIA and the State Department. With Bush well into his second term, Woodward breaks new ground, as he has in his thirteen previous international bestsellers, including BUSH AT WAR and PLAN OF ATTACK. Woodward puts the Bush legacy in historical context as he shows this presidency in action in a way that is normally seen only years after a chief executive leaves office. He describes how Bush and his team have attempted to change the way that wars are fought, and put together a re-election campaign while re-inventing their strategy for the invasion and occupation of Iraq over and over again. Here is the behind-the-scenes story of this administration -- meetings, conversations, and memos; conflicts, manoeuvring, and anguish -- as key administration figures provide a full view of the first presidency of the twenty-first century.