Table of Contents
Foreword Jon Meacham 7
Prologue: 'Riding the Wave' 13
Chapter 1 'This Winter of Our Hardship' 21
Chapter 2 'The Hardest Option' 40
Chapter 3 'Bring Our Troops Home' 70
Chapter 4 'Time to Turn the Page' 96
Chapter 5 'Sleepless Nights' 116
Chapter 6 'A Shellacking' 135
Chapter 7 'Justice Has Been Done' 165
Chapter 8 'Fought Our Way Back' 193
Chapter 9 'Governing By Crisis' 228
Chapter 10 'Red Line' 248
Chapter 11 'Don't Do Stupid …' 268
Chapter 12 'Could Have Been Me' 291
Chapter 13 'Never Fear to Negotiate' 312
Chapter 14 'A Personal Insult' 333
Chapter 15 'Backed the Wrong Horse' 351
Epilogue: 'Forever President' 376
Acknowledgments 385
Bibliography 389
Notes 393
Index 440