From Library Journal
Wars make great fiction and even better fact. But best of all is the realm in between. So it is with journalistic histories like Woodward's latest book. YOU ARE THERE: in the inner sanctums of the Pentagon and the White House. YOU HEAR ALL: the privileged conversations, the promises to Kuwait, the military plans. From Panama to Riyadh, from Noriega to Saddam, Woodward bombards you with unrelentless, highly placed gossip, the brew of 400-plus unnamed tattletalers WHO WERE THERE, or so we are told. Sans footnotes, this book will torture scholars for centuries. Truth or embellishment, the glimpses of the pinnacle of power fascinate. Other more scholarly histories of this period will come, better written and more exegetical. Hopefully we will know the source of their tales. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/15/91.- John Yurechko, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Tom Weiner Philadelphia Inquirer A great book...no one beats Woodward.
Newsweek A telling narrative of leaders in crisis.
USA Today Few if any other reporters but Woodward could have gotten this close to the decision makers.
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San Francisco Chronicle Woodward gets inside the minds of [Washington's] players to see how our leaders really think.
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San Francisco Chronicle Woodward gets inside the minds of [Washington's] players to see how our leaders really think.
Book Description
It is impossible to examine any part of the war on terrorism in the twenty-first century without seeing the hand of Dick Cheney, Colin Powell or one of their loyalists. The Commanders, an account of the use of the military in the first Bush administration, is in many respects their story -- the intimate account of the tensions, disagreements and debates on the road to war.
About the Author
Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post, has been a newspaper reporter and editor for thirty years. He has authored or coauthored eight number one national nonfiction bestsellers: All the President's Men, The Final Days, The Brethren, Wired, Veil, The Commanders, The Agenda, and Shadow. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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