Peril

De: Bob Woodward, Robert Costa

Narrado por: Robert Petkoff

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
THE NEW YORK TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLER

The storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 revealed the transition from President Trump to President Biden to be one of the most dangerous periods in American history, with the result of the election called into question by the sitting president.

But, as internationally bestselling author Bob Woodward and acclaimed reporter Robert Costa reveal for the first time, it was far more than just a domestic political crisis. At the highest level of the US military, secret action was taken to prevent Trump from possibly starting a war.

Woodward and Costa interviewed more than 200 people at the centre of the turmoil, resulting in a spellbinding and definitive portrait of a nation on the brink. They take readers deep inside the Trump White House, the Biden White House, the 2020 campaign, and the Pentagon and Congress, with vivid, eyewitness accounts of what really happened. Peril is supplemented throughout with never-before-seen material from secret orders, transcripts of confidential calls, diaries, emails, meeting notes and other personal and government records, making for an unparalleled history.

It is also the first inside look at Biden’s presidency, revealing the background to his controversial decision to leave Afghanistan. He took office faced with the challenges of a lifetime: dealing with the continuing deadly pandemic and its crushing economic impact, all the while navigating a bitter and disabling partisan divide, and the hovering, dark shadow of the former president. ‘We have much to do in this winter of peril,’ Biden declared at his inauguration.

Peril is the extraordinary story of the end of one presidency and the beginning of another. The culmination of Bob Woodward’s bestselling trilogy on the Trump presidency, along with Fear and Rage, it is an essential read for anyone wanting to understand this tumultuous period.

©2021 Bob Woodward and Robert Costa (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, UK

Reseñas de la Crítica

'The thing that is so bracing and nerve-wracking and important about this new book is what it reveals about how much worse it was than we knew, how much closer we came to real disaster than we have known before now.' (Rachel Maddow)

'Excerpts of the Woodward/Costa book in the Washington Post and CNN make the Trump administration’s operations in January 2021 sound like a bewildering blend of King Lear, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, Dr Strangelove and Veep.' (Olivier Knox)

'A cliffhanger... Like an instalment of a deathless Marvel franchise, for all its spectacle Peril ends with a dismaying sense of prologue.' (John Williams)

'We know that the period between the election and the inauguration was a time of great domestic turmoil. And what Peril does is it shows that this was also a grave national security crisis.' (Isaac Stanley-Becker)

"It's the court of public opinion that matters."

More in depth investigative journalism from Bob Woodward of Watergate fame, this time revealing the insiders story of the year leading up to the US election in which Biden defeated the Bush attempt at a second term of office and the immediate aftermath. From the copious quantity of news coverage, I had thought I knew it all. I was wrong. This fascinating account of behind the scenes shenanigans is, at times, quite terrifying in it's implications.

Well written and expertly read by narrator, Robert Petkoff, this is one to read for anyone with an interest in the politics of rule and survival, of the power of social media, lies and bullying, and the terrors of what could happen if a psychopathic personality rules one of the most powerful nations in the world. Definitely recommended.