Woodward, Bob

Documents Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress' efforts to restore the American economy since 2009. Details the policymaking efforts that defined this process and reveals why they failed to set the country back on track.

Presents an in-depth look into the secret debates, tension, and distrust within the White House, the Pentagon, and State Department from mid-2006 to mid-2008 over the way the war in Iraq has been handled.

Examines the impact of President Nixon's actions during the Watergate scandal on the next five presidents; looking at moments when the honesty of the presidents and those closest to them were questioned.

Examines the history of the United States Supreme Court, explains how it works, discusses the Chief and Associate Justices from 1969 to the present, and examines many of the Court's cases and decisions.

The story of the covert wars that were waged in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s.

Reveals how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about the war in Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves, exploring how Bush's statements about the future of American troops in Iraq conflicted with what Pentagon assessments said about the War on Terror.

Presents a behind-the-scenes account of the maneuvering that went on in the Bush administration in planning for the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, based on interviews with seventy-five key participants, including Bush, members of his war council, and others.