This beneficial capsule of the Watergate era illustrates the dynamics among kings and courtiers as well as the idiom, "be careful what you wish for." It turns an accidental bureaucrat into a person facing unexpected ethical dilemmas. Recommended for both a new generation of readers and ones who remember vividly the Nixon presidency.
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter/New York Times best-selling author Woodward turns his eye to a newly elected President Obama and his high-level advisors as they struggle with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...