{"product_id":"9781471197741-rage","title":"Rage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBob Woodward's second global bestseller on the Trump presidency, based on in-depth research and interviews with the president\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Woodward's second global bestseller on the Trump presidency, based on in-depth research and interviews with the president. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Woodward, the No 1 international \u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFear: Trump in the White House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the \u003cb\u003eCovid-19 epidemic\u003c\/b\u003e would be the \u003cb\u003ebiggest national security threat\u003c\/b\u003e to his presidency. In dramatic detail, Woodward takes readers i\u003cb\u003ento the Oval Office\u003c\/b\u003e as Trump’s head pops up when he is told in January 2020 that the pandemic could reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cb\u003e17 on-the-record interviews\u003c\/b\u003e with Woodward over seven volatile months - an utterly \u003cb\u003evivid window into Trump’s mind\u003c\/b\u003e - the president provides a self-portrait that is part denial and part combative interchange mixed with surprising moments of doubt as he glimpses the perils in the presidency and what he calls the 'dynamite behind every door'. At key decision points, \u003ci\u003eRage \u003c\/i\u003eshows how Trump’s responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during his first three years as president.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Revisiting the earliest days of the Trump presidency, \u003ci\u003eRage \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats struggled to keep the country safe as the president dismantled any semblance of collegial national security decision making. \u003ci\u003eRage \u003c\/i\u003edraws from hundreds of hours of interviews with first-hand witnesses as well as participants’ notes, emails, diaries, calendars and confidential documents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Woodward obtained 25 never-seen personal letters exchanged between Trump and North Korean leader \u003cb\u003eKim Jong Un\u003c\/b\u003e, who describes the bond between the two leaders as out of a 'fantasy film'. Trump insists to Woodward he will triumph over Covid-19 and the economic calamity. 'Don’t worry about it, Bob. Okay?' Trump told the author in July. 'Don’t worry about it. We’ll get to do another book. You’ll find I was right.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450589983094,"sku":"9781471197741","price":8.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31838579.jpg?v=1760453518","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471197741-rage","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}