New Releases by Bob Woodward

Il giallo politico più devastante del Ventesimo secolo e oltre: due giornalisti del «Washington Post» raccontano il dietro le quinte del dramma che è valso loro il premio Pulitzer e ha portato alla luce lo scandalo Watergate, provocando la caduta del Presidente degli Stati Uniti. Uno dei cento migliori saggi di tutti i tempi secondo la rivista «Time», questo è il libro che ha cambiato l’America. Partendo dalla storia di un semplice furto con scasso nella sede del Partito Democratico all’interno del Watergate complex di Washington e proseguendo poi con una serie di scoop sensazionali, Bernstein e Woodward forniscono un avvincente resoconto di prima mano del loro lavoro di giornalisti. Da questo libro il regista Alan Pakula trasse un film record di incassi, che si meritò quattro premi Oscar nel 1977, con protagonisti Dustin Hoffman e Robert Redford.

Chosen by WATERSTONES as one of their BEST POLITICS BOOKS of 2024 Two-time Pulitzer prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars – Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American presidency. 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 unrivalled, 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. Woodward’s reporting once again sets the standard for journalism at its most authoritative and illuminating.

"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.

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.

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

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.”

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

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

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?

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.

In America's capital city, where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat - the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in 1972 - remained hidden for thirty-three years. Now, Woodward tells the story of his long, complex relationship with Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the FBI who helped end the presidency of Richard Nixon. The Secret Man chronicles the story in intimate detail, from Woodward's first, chance encounter with Felt in the Nixon White House, to their covert, middle-of-the-night meetings in an underground parking garage, to the aftermath of Watergate and decades beyond, until Felt finally stepped forward at age 91 to unmask himself as Deep Throat. It is an intense, 33-year journey and the gripping final chapter to one of the most exciting periods in journalistic and political history.

Who is responsible? From the President to the Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan to Wall Street to the role of the emerging technologies, Woodward uses his exhaustive investigative technique to reveal the ideas and politics that have changed the lives of millions of people and established the United States as the world's preeminent power. He shows why America has found itself in this exalted position. How it might have been different and when and why it might end.

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.

This reissue of Bob Woodword’s classic book about John Belushi—one of the most interesting performers and personalities in show business history—“is told with the same narrative style that Woodward employed so effectively in All the President’s Men and The Final Days” (Chicago Tribune). John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose March 5, 1982, in a seedy hotel bungalow off Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Belushi’s death was the beginning of a trail that led Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward on an investigation that examines the dark side of American show business—TV, rock and roll, and the movie industry. From on-the-record interviews with 217 people, including Belushi's widow, his former partner Dan Aykroyd, Belushi’s movie directors including Jack Nicholson and Steven Spielberg, actors Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, and Carrie Fisher, the movie executives, the agents, Belushi’s drug dealers, and those who live in the show business underground, the author has written a close portrait of a great American comic talent, and of his struggle to succeed and to survive that ended in tragedy. Using diaries, accountants’ records, phone bills, travel records, medical records, and interviews with firsthand witnesses, Woodward has followed Belushi’s life from childhood in a small town outside Chicago to his meteoric rise to fame. Bob Woodward has written a spellbinding account of rise and fall, a cautionary tale for our times, and a poignant and gentle portrait of a young man who had so much, gave so much, and lost so much.

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.

"State of Denial feels all the more outraged for its measured, nonpartisan tones and relentless reporting. It is nothing less than a watershed.... The full story of the Iraq War will be told by historians....This book...will be at the top of their shelves as they proceed to the altar of judgment." -- Ted Widmer, The Washington Post Book World "Serious, densely, even exhaustively reported, and a real contribution to history in that it gives history what it most requires, first-person testimony....This is a primer on how the executive branch of the United States works, or rather doesn''t work, in the early years of the 21st century." -- Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal "Never-before-reported nuggets in every chapter....It offers the most revealing in-the-room glimpse of the Bush administration that we have so far." -- Walter Shapiro, Salon.com "State of Denial is brimming with vivid details about White House meetings, critical phone calls, intelligence reports, and military affairs....Impressively detailed and eye-opening revelations about the Bush administration''s handling of the Iraq war and its aftermath." -- Chuck Leddy, The Boston Globe "Woodward''s book is packed with details about the gulf between the information the administration had and the picture it presented." -- USA Today "Woodward''s trilogy on the Bush administration at war is essential, and compelling, reading." -- Foreign Affairs

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.

The Choice is Bob Woodward's classic story of the quest for power, focusing on the 1996 presidential campaign as a case study of money, public opinion polling, attack advertising, handlers, consultants, and decision making in the midst of electoral uncertainty. President Bill Clinton is examined in full in the contest with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican presidential nominee. The intimacy and detail of Woodward's account of the candidates and their wives show the epic human struggle in this race for the White House.

The inside story of the Watergate scandal -- the most devastating political detective story of the twentieth century.

Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering over two years, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam. Based on interviews with 75 key participants and more than three and a half hours of exclusive interviews with President Bush, Plan of Attack is part presidential history charting the decisions made during 16 critical months; part military history revealing precise details and the evolution of the Top Secret war planning under the restricted codeword Polo Step; and part a harrowing spy story as the CIA dispatches a covert paramilitary team into northern Iraq six months before the start of the war. This team recruited 87 Iraqi spies designated with the cryptonym DB/ROCKSTARS, one of whom turned over the personnel files of all 6,000 men in Saddam Hussein's personal security organization. What emerges are astonishingly intimate portraits: President Bush in war cabinet meetings in the White House Situation Room and the Oval Office, and in private conversation; Dick Cheney, the focused and driven vice president; Colin Powell, the conflicted and cautious secretary of state; Donald Rumsfeld, the controlling war technocrat; George Tenet, the activist CIA director; Tommy Franks, the profane and demanding general; Condoleezza Rice, the ever-present referee and national security adviser; Karl Rove, the hands-on political strategist; other key members of the White House staff and congressional leadership; and foreign leaders ranging from British Prime Minister Blair to Russian President Putin. Plan of Attack provides new details on the intelligence assessments of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction and the planning for the war's aftermath.

Es el relato de lo que sucedió durante los cien días posteriores al 11 de septiembre. El autor nos cuenta cómo reaccionó el Presidente Bush y su gabinete a los atentados a las Torres Gemelas y el Pentágono, a la noticia del ántrax, la invasión a Afganistán y de cómo se estaba gestando la posible guerra contra Irak. Con ese fin, Woodward entrevistó a más de cien fuentes y sostuvo cuatro horas de conversación con George Bush. Es una crónica de la reacción de un gobierno moderno ante el ataque terrorista más violento de la historia. Sin embargo, también aparece por una parte el carácter de un presidente que pareciera tener una inclinación marcada hacia la guerra y por la otra, la fijación de Estados Unidos por convertirse en policía del mundo, teniendo en el petróleo y el comercio de armas su única misión "humanitaria".