Bob Bauer has been involved in many of the biggest political struggles in the five decades since the post-Watergate 1970s. He has been a leading legal adviser to the national Democratic Party and to its candidates on strategies for winning elections and protecting voting rights, and he has represented the party in national political conflicts and controversies. He was the chief counsel to both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns and was the President’s White House counsel. He was counsel to the Democratic Senate leader during Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial. He was a senior adviser to the Biden presidential campaign on voting rights and election protection, and on vice presidential selection, and his responsibilities included playing the role of Donald Trump in preparation for the general election debates. Bauer is also now on the faculty of the New York University School of Law, teaching political reform and the ethical challenges facing lawyers in public life. He coauthored with Jack Goldsmith After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency.

• ForewordPrefaceChapter 1: First Words about a Life in PoliticsChapter 2: Getting into the Business Chapter 3: Politics and the Warrior MentalityChapter 4: The Weapon of Political PowerChapter 5: Lying, Manipulation, and DebatesChapter 6: Money in PoliticsChapter 7: The PressChapter 8: ImpeachmentChapter 9: Representing PresidentsChapter 10: Joe Biden’s 2020 CampaignChapter 11: On the Nature of Political EthicsChapter 12: Ethical Action in PoliticsLast WordsNotesIndexAbout the Author

The Unraveling by Bob Bauer is a deeply thoughtful book that includes reflections on his decades-long career in politics and gives insight into the ways we can work to strengthen our democracy. It couldn’t be a more timely read.