The Fight of His Life, Chris Whipple
The Fight of His Life, Chris Whipple
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The Fight of His Life
Inside Joe Biden's White House

Author: Chris Whipple

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/17/2023


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes a revelatory, insider’s look at how President Joe Biden and his team have battled to achieve their agenda—based on the author’s extraordinary access to the White House during two years of crises at home and abroad.

In January of 2021, the Biden administration inherited the most daunting array of challenges since FDR’s presidency: a lethal pandemic, a plummeting economy, an unresolved twenty-year war, and the aftermath of an attack on the Capitol that polarized the country. Waves of crises followed, including the fallout from a divisive Supreme Court, raging inflation, and Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Now prizewinning journalist Chris Whipple takes us inside the Oval Office as the critical decisions of Biden’s presidency are being made. With remarkable access to both President Biden and his inner circle—including Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and CIA Director William Burns—Whipple pulls back the curtain on the internal power struggles and back-room compromises. Featuring shocking new details about how renegade Trump officials enabled the transfer of power, which key staffers really make the White House run (it’s probably not who you think), why Joe Biden no longer speaks freely around his security detail, and what he really thinks of Vice President Kamala Harris, the press, and living in the White House, The Fight of His Life “is a valuable first draft of history” (Publishers Weekly).

About Chris Whipple

Chris Whipple is an author, political analyst, and Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker. He is a frequent guest on MSNBC, CNN, and NPR, and has contributed essays to The New York TimesThe Washington PostLos Angeles Times, and Vanity Fair. His first book, The Gatekeepers, an analysis of the position of White House Chief of Staff, was a New York Times bestseller. His follow-up, The Spymasters, was based on interviews with nearly every living CIA Director and was critically acclaimed. Whipple lives in New York City with his wife Cary. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Todd

Isn't it weird that there were about a thousand profiles and accounts written about the Trump White House and there have been like two written about the Biden White House? This book written by Chris Whipple doesn't so much settle the score (how could it?) as much as provide an early rough draft of a......more

Goodreads review by Steve

Should have done my homework before I read this one. It’s a total propaganda piece. According to the author Biden is one of the greatest presidents in history and everything is trumps fault. While some of that maybe true this is so skewed it came across as more fiction than reality. The focus on suc......more

Goodreads review by April

Incredible! A page turner that gives insights we have yet to see in the press. Highly recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn

An inside view of Biden's first two years as President I found this book to be intriguing, with information not revealed in the media, and very readable, with relatable language and descriptive stories. I'm more impressed with Biden after reading this. He certainly is better prepared to serve as Pres......more

Goodreads review by Earl

It's not very often that an incumbent administration allows an author a great deal of inside access, The Fight of His Life is just such a book and refreshing so. Whipple's main source is Biden's chief of staff Ron Klain though Whipple has access to many other officials including Biden himself. The b......more