# Rage-New Trump book by Bob Woodward

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**Created:** [August 29, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rage-new-trump-book-by-bob-woodward/919320 "2020-08-29T17:29:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rage-new-trump-book-by-bob-woodward/919320/1 "2020-08-29T17:29:30Z")

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I’ve mentioned in other threads that Fear, the first Woodward book on Trump is the only one I’ve bought. Rage will also definitely be on my purchase list. Every Woodward book is worth reading, they’re certainly not all 5 stars but they provide good insight.

It’s weird, if you flip through Fear, it seems like it’s from an era long gone as there have been so many staff turnovers in Trump’s administration.

> **[CNN Exclusive: Details, title and cover revealed for Bob Woodward's upcoming...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/politics/bob-woodward-book-trump/index.html)**
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> First it was fear, now it's rage.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rage-new-trump-book-by-bob-woodward/919320/2 "2020-08-29T18:13:15Z")

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I have only heard of his first book, All the President’s Men co-authored with Carl Bernstein, but it turns out Rage will be his 20th book:

> **[Bob Woodward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodward#Books)**
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> Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for The Washington Post as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor.
> While a reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward teamed up with Carl Bernstein, and the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignati...

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**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rage-new-trump-book-by-bob-woodward/919320/3 "2020-08-29T19:35:15Z")

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Yes, Woodward is a famously prolific author. He wrote, I believe, four volumes on the history of the George W. Bush administration.

Not all of Woodward’s subjects have been happy with his results; John Belushi’s family famously hated _Wired_, the book Woodward wrote on Belushi’s life. But, generally, he is seen as even handed, which might be why politicians keep granting him access.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rage-new-trump-book-by-bob-woodward/919320/4 "2020-08-29T20:09:49Z")

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I haven’t read Wired and never will, zero interest in the topic. I’ll dig up Maestro and give it another chance. When it first came out, I thought Greenspan was a God, my opinion has gone down over the years.

Here’s a list of his books ranked by someone’s preference  
[https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.politico.com/magazine/amp/story/2018/09/07/i-read-every-bob-woodward-book-heres-how-they-stack-up-219735](https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.politico.com/magazine/amp/story/2018/09/07/i-read-every-bob-woodward-book-heres-how-they-stack-up-219735)