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94/100Author:
Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker
Publisher:
Penguin Press/Penguin Random House LLC
Date:
July 20, 2021
Two Washington Post political reporters pull back the curtain on Trump's last year in the White House, portraying a dysfunctional and bumbling presidency's inner workings in disturbing detail.
What The Reviewers Say
... 500 illuminating—and often punishing—pages.
... earnest and diligent, to a fault.
The authors infer that Trump cared more about himself than the country. Their meticulous history of his last year in office certainly supports that view. Their book may be somewhat hefty for the casual reader, but it is an essential read for anyone seriously concerned with the fate of democracy in the United States. The book belongs in every library seeking to record the major forces and personalities shaping the 21st century..
... a comprehensive if stilted rundown of the tweetstorms, turf wars, denialism, and desperation that roiled the Trump administration from January 2020 to January 2021. It’s a sweeping study of bureaucratic dysfunction.
