Not the most interesting read - quite dry and boring. Not sure exactly what I expected, but given that the Obama presidency is only 1/2 over, and there haven't been any events of huge significance compared to the Bush jr. years (9-11, banking crisis, 2 x war) there's not much to write riveting prose upon.
It does appear to support the notion that the military was not particularly confident of the Obama presidency, and chose to put public pressure on Obama to increase troop size in Afghanistan for fear that he would depart hastily.
As Afghanistan is the war that does have some linkage to 9-11 it makes sense to stay there.
I must say that I lost a lot of faith in Bob Woodward after the first "George Bush is a great leader" book ("Bush at war"). His subsequent publications seem to be distancing himself from this viewpoint, more toward the apparent wish to justify Iraq invasion any way possible, with 9-11 a convenient excuse.
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