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One damn thing after another : memoirs of an attorney general / William P. Barr.

Barr, William Pelham, 1950- (author.).

Summary:

"William Barr's first tenure as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice. In this candid memoir, Barr takes readers behind the scenes during seminal moments of the 1990s, from the LA riots to Pan Am 103 and Iran Contra. Thirty years later, Barr faced an unrelenting barrage of issues, such as Russiagate, the COVID outbreak, civil unrest, the impeachments, and the 2020 election fallout. One Damn Thing After Another is vivid, forthright, and essential not only to understanding the Bush and Trump legacies, but also how both men viewed power and justice at critical junctures of their presidencies." -- publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9780063158603
ISBN: 0063158604
Physical Description: viii, 595 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : chiefly color illustrations, chiefly color photographs ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Early years. Planning ahead -- A shift in plans -- Part II: Bush years. Top egghead -- Second in command -- Leading the department -- A whirlwind year -- Part III: Interlude. Return to civilian life -- Part IV: Trump years. Introduction -- Foreign schemes and domestic lies -- Into the storm -- One thing done, another begun -- Eating grenades -- "I believe you'll be impeached" -- Upholding fairness, even for rascals -- Bringing justice to violent predators -- Fighting the drug cartels -- Securing religious liberty -- protecting national security -- Taking on big tech -- Facing the COVID pandemic -- Cops, race, and the big lie -- Protest and mayhem -- Trump vs. Trump -- Election and aftermath.