About the Author

Bob Woodward is an associate editor at The Washington Post where he has worked for 49 years and reported on every American president from Nixon to Trump. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, first for the Post's coverage of the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein, and second 20 years later as the lead Post reporter for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Reviews

Praise for BUSH AT WAR "Remarkable . . . Bush at War is akin to an unofficial transcript of 100 days of debate over war in Afghanistan." (Thomas Powers, The New York Times Book Review) "Human and convincing in its telling detail." (Evan Thomas, Newsweek) "Woodward has produced the best book yet written about the September 11 terrorist attacks on America and how Bush fought back." (Steve Neal, Chicago Sun-Times) "Woodward . . . is the best pure reporter of his generation, perhaps ever. He uncovers more things than anyone else." (Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard ) Praise for PLAN OF ATTACK "A remarkable book, one that fulfills the too often ephemeral promise of what has come to be called investigative journalism . . . .The American people seldom have been given this clear a window on their government's most sensitive deliberations." (Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times) "Engrossing . . . Woodward uses myriad details to chart the Bush administration's march to war against Iraq. His often harrowing narrative not only illuminates the fateful interplay of personality and policy . . . but underscores the role that fuzzy intelligence, Pentagon timetables and aggressive ideas about the military and foreign policy had in creating momentum for war." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) "Instantly essential . . . By far the most intimate glimpse we have been granted of the Bush White House, and the administration's defining moment." (Ted Widmer, The New York Times) Praise for STATE OF DENIAL "Woodward's trilogy on the Bush administration at war is essential, and compelling, reading." (Foreign Affairs) "Serious, densely, even exhaustively reported, and a real contribution to history in that it gives history what it most requires, first-person testimony. . . . This is a primer on how the executive branch of the United States works, or rather doesn't work, in the early years of the 21st century." (Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal) "The most revealing in-the-room glimpse of the Bush administration that we have so far." (Walter Shapiro, Salon.com) Praise for THE PRICE OF POLITICS "A highly detailed dissection of the debt-limit negotiations. . . . A remarkable achievement. . . . Woodward, being Woodward, digs deeper and draws more out of the protagonists than anyone else has." (Jeff Shesol, The Washington Post) "Required Reading" (Elizabeth Titus, Politico) "A book everyone is talking about." (Diane Sawyer, ABC)-- "* * *"

Praise for ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN "The work that brought down a presidency . . . perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history." (Time, All-Time 100 Best Non-Fiction Books) "Maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time." (Gene Roberts, former managing editor of The New York Times) "One of the greatest detective stories ever told." (The Denver Post) "A fast-moving mystery, a whodunit written with ease. . . . A remarkable book." (The New York Times) "An authentic thriller." (Dan Rather) "Much more than a 'hot book.' It is splendid reading . . . of enormous value. . . . A very human story." (The New Republic)-- "* * *"

Watergate junkies may think they know all there is to know about Richard Nixon . . . but journalist Bob Woodward . . . has one more Watergate card to play: The Last of the President's Men is a short and riveting look into the files and memory of Alexander Butterfield, who was Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman's deputy during that time. Probably best known to political junkies as the one who revealed that Nixon taped all conversations in the Oval Office, here Butterfield gives Woodward access to files and photos even the seasoned journalist had never seen before . . . [the book] recalls his behavior with such specificity you can't help but be upset all over again. This is more engaging, in its disturbing way (Nixon's vulgarities and general ugliness of manner somehow shocked this usually unshockable reader), than the more wonky of Woodward's recent tomes - and it's plenty enlightening about an era we thought we already knew.--Sara Nelson "An Amazon Best Book of October 2015"