Woodward dwells on the difficulty of trying to create a coherent polcy from a set of wildly shifting prononcements from a man who came to the conclusion that the basis of all leadership is the constant conflict of advisors who are kept in a state of near panic by the inconsistencies of their boss. He does it well, and this bok is a worthy addition to his other political works. Woodward is a reporter who works by accumulating a number of details and then letting the subject reveal itself in short snippets, presenting short scenes and encounters that gradually build up a picture of the circumstance he wishes to describe. This is a book read with horrified fascination.
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