Book Club: The Room Where It Happened - A White House Memoir

Abstract

As President Trump’s National Security Adviser, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened. The result is a White House memoir that is the most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration, and one of the few to date by a top-level official. With almost daily access to the President, John Bolton has produced a precise rendering of his days in and around the Oval Office.

The turmoil, conflicts, and egos are all there—from the upheaval in Venezuela, to the erratic moves of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, to the showdowns at the G7 summits, the calculated warmongering by Iran, and the placating of an authoritarian China that ultimately exposed the world to its lethal lies. As seasoned public servant with a great eye for the Washington inside game, his story is full of wit and wry humor about how he saw it played.

About the Author

John Bolton is the former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. He served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006. He has spent many years of his career in public service and held high-level positions in the Administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. Ambassador Bolton graduated with a B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale College and received his J.D. from Yale Law School.