Summary

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key administration officials, their deputies, and other firsthand sources, Woodward takes readers deep into the national security state and shows how Obama debates, decides, and balances the enormous pressures facing the modern president.

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key administration officials, their deputies, and other firsthand sources, Woodward takes readers deep into the national security state and shows how Obama debates, decides, and balances the enormous pressures facing the modern president.