Stanley B. Greenberg has been described as “the Robert DeNiro of political consultants,” “the father of modern polling techniques,” and named as one of the most important people of the 21st century by Esquire Magazine. His work has been paramount to the success of some of the most influential world leaders. From President Bill Clinton to Vice President Al Gore to South African President Nelson Mandela to Britain’s Tony Blair and Israel’s Ehud Barak, Greenberg was instrumental in crafting their strategies to win elections. Greenberg has been in the “war room” of more high-profile and volatile campaigns than any one else. He takes tremendous pride in the benefits polling can offer, when used properly and with foresight, and he has no use for the polling tactics of some other political consultants – like Dick Morris, for example. Now, he takes the reader on a fascinating, fly-on-the-wall journey into the heart of these campaigns and behind the scenes as strategies and game-plans are worked and re-worked in his new book, Dispatches from the War Room: In the Trenches with Five Extraordinary Leaders.

These five exceptional leaders all turned to Greenberg because of his tremendous reputation. But for these men to make history, they had to construct hard-hitting campaigns and “war rooms” using polling strategy to define the choices voters had. Each was strong-willed and entered politics to lead their countries through explosive and turbulent times.