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War

Written by: Bob Woodward
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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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 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.

Woodward’s reporting once again sets the standard for journalism at its most authoritative and illuminating.

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Clear information, well written, and wanting for each successive chapter to follow, thank you, Mr. Bob Woodward.

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Great perspective.

I liked how in-depth it was in the small details. A great read for anyone interested in politics.

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Repetitive

Nothing really new here that has not been mentioned in any other books on trump.

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Shocking detail of how close we came to a full blown war- not once but twice.

excellent - and shocking-reporting on the behind the scene effort by the Biden WH and other countries to avoid an allout war in the middle east and Europe.
God help us all in 2025, with the most deranged, psychopathic and dumbest Potus in world history having access to nuclear weapons.

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All over the place

I didn’t like how the content was all over the place. Every chapter just jumps between the past and the further past.

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Is this new or insightful? Maybe 🤔

This is an account partially of the decisions the US government under Biden took in order to avert and subsequently deal with the invasion of the Ukraine. It appears as though Bob Woodward has some Insider conversations with respect to the discussions that went on inside the oval office as well as in Trump circles in that time. What doesn't appear clear is that Bob Woodward is shedding any new light on a situation that we have all been following with varying levels of interest. Interspersed with the story of the invasion of the Ukraine is a smattering of short stories of Trump and Biden which serve to contrast the two men in terms of how they receive and digest information and execute decisions. The book largely seems like a cash grab considering that we are entering an election between the two men and people will buy Bob Woodward. If you're interested then you'll be interested but don't expect this to deliver something that you're not expecting.

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