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The Divider by Peter Baker
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER - The most comprehensive and detailed account of the Trump presidency yet published.--The Washington Post>- A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker>and>Financial Times A sumptuous feast of astonishing tales.The more one reads, the more one wishes to read.--NPR.com The inside story of the four years when Donald Trump went to war with Washington, from the chaotic beginning to the violent finale, told by revered journalists Peter Baker of>The New York Times and Susan Glasser of>The New Yorker--an ambitious and lasting history of the full Trump presidency that also contains dozens of exclusive scoops and stories from behind the scenes in the White House, from the absurd to the deadly serious. The bestselling authors of>The Man Who Ran Washington argue that Trump was not just lurching from one controversy to another; he was learning to be more like the foreign autocrats he admired. The Divider brings us into the Oval Office for countless scenes both tense and comical, revealing how close we got to nuclear war with North Korea, which cabinet members had a resignation pact, whether Trump asked Japan's prime minister to nominate him for a Nobel Prize and much more. The book also explores the moral choices confronting those around Trump--how they justified working for a man they considered unfit for office, and where they drew their lines. The Divider is based on unprecedented access to key players, from President Trump himself to cabinet officers, military generals, close advisers, Trump family members, congressional leaders, foreign officials and others, some of whom have never told their story until now.Peter Baker is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Towson University, Baltimore, USA. He is the author of three books, including Deconstruction and the Ethical Turn (University Press of Florida, 1995). He has also edited three volumes, including Onward: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (Peter Lang, 1996). With co-editors Rod Smith and Kaplan Harris, he is completing an edition of The Selected Letters of Robert Creeley, forthcoming in Fall 2011 with the University of California Press.
Deborah Shaller is Professor in the English Department at Towson University, Baltimore, USA. She directs the university's writing tutorial service, and lectures on popular literature, writing, and educational theory.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385546539 |
| ISBN 10 | 038554653X |
| Title | The Divider |
| Author | Peter Baker |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2022-09-20 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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