The Room Where It Happened
A White House Memoir
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Description: 577 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
"John Bolton served as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump for 519 days. A seasoned public servant who had previously worked for Presidents Reagan, Bush #41, and Bush #43, Bolton brought to the administration thirty years of experience in international issues and a reputation for tough, blunt talk. In his memoir, he offers a substantive and factual account of his time in the room where it happened." -- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The long march to a West Wing corner office -- Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war -- America breaks free -- The Singapore sling -- A tale of three cities : summits in Brussels, London, and Helsinki -- Thwarting Russia -- Trump heads for the door in Syria and Afghanistan, and can't find it -- Chaos as a way of life -- Venezuela libre -- Thunder out of China -- Checking into the Hanoi Hilton, then checking out, and the Panmumjom playtime -- Trump loses his way, and then his nerve -- From the Afghanistan counterterrorism mission to the Camp David near miss -- The end of the idyll -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
Bolton, John R.
Trump, Donald, 1946-
National Security Council (U.S.) -- Biography.
United States. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Presidents -- United States -- Staff.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
Bolton, John R.
Trump, Donald, 1946-
National Security Council (U.S.) -- Biography.
United States. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
Presidents -- United States -- Staff.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021
ISBN:
9781982148034
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-541) and index.