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Ilsa

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9. Amazon has a frightening overview:

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:23 AM

Jan 7

Book overview
“What would happen if the president of the U.S.A. went stark-raving mad?” Back by popular demand, The New York Times calls the 1965 bestselling political thriller by the author of Seven Days in May, “A little too plausible for comfort.”

How can one man convince the highest powers in Washington that the President of the United States is dangerously unstable—before it’s too late?

Senator Jim MacVeagh is proud to serve his country—and his president, Mark Hollenbach, who has a near-spotless reputation as the vibrant, charismatic leader of MacVeagh’s party and the nation. When Hollenbach begins taking MacVeagh into his confidence, the young senator knows that his star is on the rise.

But then Hollenbach starts summoning MacVeagh in the middle of the night to Camp David. There, the president sits in the dark and rants about his enemies, unfurling insane theories about all the people he says are conspiring against him. They would do anything, President Hollenbach tells the stunned senator, to stop him from setting in motion the grand, unprecedented plans he has to make America a great world power once again.

MacVeagh comes away from these meetings increasingly convinced that the man he once admired has lost his mind. But what can he do? Who can he tell?

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There's an old novel called "Night Of Camp David", a thriller in which the President goes crazy, [View all] Aristus Jan 6 OP

Trump is as mad as a box of frogs and nobody's doing anything about it. Ocelot II Jan 6 #1

Never hear or see t at Camp David, has he ever been there? I've never seen a photo. SheilaAnn Jan 6 #2

Trump can't really play golf there, plus it's outside the Pentagram of Evil he must reside in. RoeVWade Jan 6 #4

Flamboyantly nuts? usedtobedemgurl Jan 6 #6

Thomas Crooks tried to 'do something about it' Jack Valentino Jan 6 #8

OK...It was Reissued in 2018. AND The Aurhor: Fletcher Knebel wrote... electric_blue68 Jan 6 #3

Glad I could help! Aristus Jan 6 #5

👍 electric_blue68 Jan 6 #7

Amazon has a frightening overview: Ilsa Jan 7 #9