No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery. In The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis, George Stephanopoulos—the former senior advisor to President Clinton and co-anchor of “Good Morning America”—recounts the crises that decided the course of history from the place 12 presidents made their highest-pressure decisions.

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