Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room
by Michael K. Bohn
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Author: Michael K. BohnEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05
ISBN: 1574887009
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
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- ISBN13: 9781574887006
- Condition: USED - Very Good
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Book Reviews of Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room
Book Review: A Wonderful Inside Look Into the "REAL" Sit Room
Summary: 5 Stars
As a fan of the TV series "The West Wing", and considering how much the Situation Room played in the show's storylines, I wondered what the real "Sit Room" was about, because there had to be more to the Sit Room than the way it was depicted on TV. I always wondered if there was a book that takes you inside the Sit Room, just like a book that takes you inside the Pentagon, or inside the White House. Eureka!!There is such a book in "Nerve Center". Even better, it's the only book on record that takes you into the Sit Room.
This book has it all: political intrigue, history, secrets, clashes of personalities, clashes of organizations, character development of those who functioned in the room, even a bit of fiction. It greatly clears up the perceptions about how the Sit Room is depicted in TV and in the movies.
If you were not a political junkie before reading this book, you will become one AFTER reading this book. The book influenced me greatly. I am now one of them, whether it is fact or fiction...I want more. You WILL NOT be disappointed after reading this book. Great reading!!
Summary of Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room
The White House Situation Room is arguably the most important facility in the most important building in the world. As the president?s intelligence and alert center, it provides vital communication and crisis management capabilities to the chief executive and his advisers. It can also be ?an island of calm,? as a top adviser for Vice President Al Gore once described it. So little is known about the Situation Room that, until the publication of Nerve Center, the American public?s knowledge of it is almost entirely based on its portrayal by the entertainment industry.Yet, as Michael K. Bohn points out, Hollywood has failed to capture the real drama of the Situation Room. Numerous crises come alive in Nerve Center, from the Vietnam War (when President Johnson made late night visits to the Situation Room wearing his pajamas and went so often that he moved his Oval Office chair there), to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, to today?s high-tech war on terrorism. Created in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs fiasco by advisers to President John Kennedy, presidents, cabinet members, and National Security Council staff members have all come to depend on the Situation Room. ?I knew that I could always rely on the Situation Room,? President Jimmy Carter recalled, ?and it never let me down.?
Bohn, who served as director of the Situation Room for the first President George Bush, has recruited numerous officials, including former and current staff, to tell the colorful forty-year history of the Situation Room. In a final chapter, Bohn uses a fictional crisis to describe how the Situation Room will evolve to help the president meet the challenges of an increasingly dangerous future.
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