Trump and His Generals

Book by Peter Bergen

Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos

Author| Peter Bergen
Language| English
Genre| Political
Publisher| Penguin Press

Publication date

| December 10, 2019
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print
Pages| 386
ISBN| 978-0525522416

Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos is a book written by CNN's Peter Bergen. It was published in 2019 by Penguin Press in New York. The book offers an insider's perspective of President Donald Trump's approach to foreign policy during the first three years of his presidency.

## Reception

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Derek Chollet, writing for The Washington Post, declared that Trump and His Generals is "a deeply informed study, written with clarity and flair ... [which] is the best single account of Trump's foreign policy to date."[1]

Eliot A. Cohen, reviewing the book in The New York Times, stated that Trump and His Generals contains "the spectacular flameouts, ... the kooky theories of 'The Fourth Turning'" and raises "some important questions about the outlandish and sordid tale" of the Trump presidency.[2]

Aram Bakshian in The Washington Times offered an alternate take on Bergen's work, opining that Trump and His Generals "purports to show how The Donald is a dangerous, addle-brained commander in chief ... [b]ut great chunks of it reveal ... what is wrong ... with the entrenched Washington establishment that has tried to thwart [Trump's] presidency at every turn."[3]

Jeff Goodell in Rolling Stone avers that "Bergen’s book reads like an all-too prescient guidebook of how Trump would take America to war in the Middle East."[4]

Historian Max Boot wrote in Foreign Affairs that the book is "a fair and comprehensive overview of Trump's foreign policy."[5]

## References

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1. ^ Chollet, Derek (December 10, 2019). "An inside look at Trump's foreign policy: 'This is literally insane'". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
2. ^ Cohen, Eliot A. (December 10, 2019). "The Military's Illusions About Donald Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
3. ^ Bakshian Jr, Aram (January 3, 2020). "BOOK REVIEW: 'Trump and His Generals'". The Washington Times. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
4. ^ Goodell, Jeff (January 7, 2020). "Trump, His Generals, and the Iran Crisis: An Interview with Author Peter Bergen". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
5. ^ Boot, Max (6 April 2020). "A Few Good Men". Foreign Affairs. 99 (May/June 2020). Retrieved October 2, 2022.

## External links

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* Washington Journal interview with Bergen on Trump and His Generals, December 23, 2019, C-SPAN

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* Holy War, Inc. (2001)
* The Osama bin Laden I Know (2006)
* The Longest War (2011)
* Manhunt (2012) (documentary film)
* Talibanistan (2013)
* Drone Wars (2014)
* United States of Jihad (2016)
* Trump and His Generals (2019)
* The Rise and Fall of Osama Bin Laden (2021)

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Books|

| By
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* Trump: The Art of the Deal (1987)
* Trump: Surviving at the Top (1990)
* Trump: The Art of the Comeback (1997)
* The America We Deserve (2000)
* Trump: How to Get Rich (2004)
* The Way to the Top (2004)
* Trump 101 (2006)
* Why We Want You to Be Rich (2006)
* Think Big and Kick Ass (2007)
* Trump Tower (2011)
* Time to Get Tough (2011)
* Midas Touch (2011)
* Crippled America (2015)

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About
Trump|

* Point the Finger (1989)
* Trumped! (1991)
* TrumpNation (2005)
* Never Enough (2015)
* The Conservative Case for Trump (2016)
* The Day of the Donald (2016)
* The Making of Donald Trump (2016)
* The Plot to Hack America (2016)
* Trump Revealed (2016)
* In Trump We Trust (2016)
* The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump (2017)
* The Case for Impeachment (2017)
* Insane Clown President (2017)
* Understanding Trump (2017)
* The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump (2017)
* Devil's Bargain (2017)
* Raising Trump (2017)
* Let Trump Be Trump (2017)
* Fire and Fury (2018)
* Media Madness (2018)
* The Faith of Donald J. Trump (2018)
* A Higher Loyalty (2018)
* Liars, Leakers, and Liberals (2018)
* The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President (2018)
* Unhinged (2018)
* Resistance Is Futile! (2018)
* Fear: Trump in the White House (2018)
* The Fifth Risk (2018)
* Team of Vipers (2019)
* The Threat (2019)
* Siege: Trump Under Fire (2019)
* Triggered (2019)
* A Warning (2019)
* Trump and His Generals (2019)
* A Very Stable Genius (2020)
* Hiding in Plain Sight (2020)
* Front Row at the Trump Show (2020)
* The Room Where It Happened (2020)
* Too Much and Never Enough (2020)
* Melania and Me (2020)
* Hoax (2020)
* Rage (2020)
* Disloyal: A Memoir (2020)
* Speaking for Myself (2020)
* Landslide (2021)
* I Alone Can Fix It (2021)
* The Reckoning (2021)
* Peril (2021)
* I'll Take Your Questions Now (2021)
* Midnight in Washington (2021)
* Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show (2021)
* A Sacred Oath (2022)
* Thank You for Your Servitude (2022)
* Breaking History (2022)
* Holding the Line (2022)
* Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America (2022)
* The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017–2021 (2022)
* The Trump Tapes (2022)
* Enough (2023)
* Network of Lies (2023)
* Tired of Winning (2023)

Radio,
TV and
film|

| By
Trump|

* The Apprentice franchise
* The Apprentice (U.S.) (2004–2010)
* The Celebrity Apprentice (2008–2017)
* The Ultimate Merger (2010–2011)
* Trumped! (2004–2008)
* Pageant Place (2007)

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About
Trump|

* Trump: What's the Deal? (1991)
* Trump Unauthorized (2005)
* You've Been Trumped (2011)
* A Dangerous Game (2014)
* Michael Moore in TrumpLand (2016)
* Trumped (2017)
* Trump: The Kremlin Candidate? (2017)
* Dirty Money: The Confidence Man (2018)
* Trump: An American Dream (2018)
* Death of a Nation (2018)
* Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
* The Trump Prophecy (2018)
* America's Great Divide (2020)
* Trump Card (2020)
* The Choice 2020 (2020)
* The Comey Rule (2020)
* Totally Under Control (2020)
* The Curve (2020)
* Unprecedented (2022)
* The Apprentice (2024)

Satires|

* Pizza Man (1991)
* The Art of the Deal: The Movie
* Last Week Tonight
* February 28, 2016, episode
* "Demise of the Planet of the Apes / The Celebrity Ape-rentice" (Mad)
* Our Cartoon President
* The President Show
* "The Thanksgiving Special" (Regular Show)
* Saturday Night Live
* Herbert Garrison (South Park)
* Spitting Image (2020)
* Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
* "Trump: The Rusical"
* Trump vs. Bernie
* You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days
* Harvey Birdman: Attorney General
* Sassy Justice
* Trump vs the Illuminati
* "Trump Guy"
* Biff Tannen

Music|

* "Donald Trump (Black Version)" (1990)
* "Las Vegas (In the Hills of Donegal)" (1991)
* "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" (2000)
* "Donald Trump" (2011)
* Up Like Trump (2014)
* Make America Psycho Again (2015 album)
* "FDT" (2016)
* 1,000 Days, 1,000 Songs
* "Million Dollar Loan" (2016)
* "Campaign Speech" (2016)
* "We the People...." (2016)
* "Land of the Free" (2017)
* "Legendary" (2017)
* "The Heart Part 4" (2017)
* "I'm Not Racist" (2017)
* "Tiny Hands" (2017)
* Too Dumb for Suicide: Tim Heidecker's Trump Songs (2017)
* "Ye vs. the People" (2018)
* "Love It If We Made It" (2018)
* "Batuka" (2019)
* "Quick Escape" (2020)
* "Commander in Chief" (2020)
* "Justice for All" (2023)
* "You Missed" (2024)

Portraits|

* The Visionary
* Make Everything Great Again
* The Emperor Has No Balls

Games|

* Trump: The Game
* Trump Castle
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* Real Estate Tycoon

Websites|

* r/The_Donald

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* Cultural depictions of Ivanka Trump
* Public image of Melania Trump
* Winning Team Publishing

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