WAR

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 unexp