Uncharted

How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History

De: Chris Whipple

Narrado por: Mark Bramhall

The New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers and The Spymasters now turns his sharp eye towards the historic 2024 presidential race, providing the definitive, insider account of the most dramatic and significant political showdown in modern American history.

A disastrous debate, a would-be assassin’s bullet, an electrifying eleventh hour candidate swap, dramatic and surprising VP selections, betrayals behind closed doors, charges of a stolen election, game-changing blunders—the history-making 2024 presidential election is a political saga of Shakespearean proportions. In minute-by-minute detail, esteemed White House historian and political analyst Chris Whipple chronicles the unprecedented drama as it unfolds, documenting the true story of the Harris and Trump campaigns and the difficult, urgent decisions made in the back rooms of power, with the future of American democracy at stake.

Alternating between the Biden/Harris/Walz and the Trump/Vance camps, Whipple tells the fly-on-the-wall story of campaign 2024, drawing on his unique access to exclusive sources on both sides, including conversations with members of the candidates’ inner circles. Whipple goes behind the scenes of every headline-making moment to reveal how a post-debate intra-party rebellion forced Biden to step aside, how the nomination of Vice President Harris at a thrilling convention reshaped the race, how Harris rallied excited voters across generations and demographics, but ultimately could not overcome the underlying weaknesses of her campaign. Whipple also burrows inside Donald Trump’s campaign to reveal startling new insights into how he overcame primary opponents and multiple prosecutions, rebranded his base to appeal to Gen Z voters, and forged powerful alliances with Silicon Valley CEOs like Elon Musk.

An intimate portrait of American politics on the edge, filled with previously untold stories, anecdotes, and insights, Uncharted is the authoritative account of this pivotal chapter in American politics. As he brings to life the most dramatic and important presidential campaign of the modern age and puts it into historical perspective, Whipple exposes how ambition, conviction, and resilience collide at the highest echelons of power, offering a deeper understanding of the forces that define a divided nation.

©2025 Chris Whipple (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Another Rehash of What We Already Knew

As with another recent book on this subject, Fight, I have found that Uncharted covers the same information already released to the public following the 2024 Presidential Election. Nothing new, same old-same old…

Meh

Painted Biden as a victim, spoke of Harris in glowing terms, all things Trump (other than Suzie Wiles) is authoritarian and vile. Typical left-wing echo chamber talking points. isn't hard enough on the Harris campaign or give the appropriate credit to Trump's. Wouldn't recommend.

If only they'd given him a better seat at MSG!

For a chapter or two I thought this guy might be writing right down the middle but, alas, rather early on his bias burst through and stayed there. And when he got to the Trump rally at MSG and whined about being relegated to the "nosebleed" section, all credibility was gone. Reads swiftly but there are only so many times you can call Trump a liar without explaining why before suspicion sets in.

Nothing new

This book came out just a few weeks after fight by Allen and Parnes; and in my opinion that was the better book. This book did have some details about the Harris campaign, Bidens issues with cognitive decline, but on the whole, the Allen and Parnes book (called Fight) went deeper, provides more details, and I also found it to be less biased. If you’re looking for the best book on how Trump beat Harris, I’d recommend Fight over this. And for both books, it’s a bit shocking that the authors were so surprised by what almost anyone looking at Biden could see! Still, I’m glad that I listened to it.

Promoted as journalistic, but very biased viewpoint

I was hoping for a unbiased and objective analysis of both campaigns. The authors' philosophy becomes highly apparent through the characterizations of the characters. A good example is the mention of celebrity endorsements. This author trumpets Harris' ability to obtain these endorsements but presents no analysis on the impact or benefit of them. it seems more important to this author to lionize his preferred side and demonize those he apparently disagrees with. for journalistic value, I will stick to Ms Parnes' book.

Interesting

Obvious the authors hated Trump But I didn’t dislike this book. Wish it didn’t have the author’s disdain

Sorry Chris. Harris did not win the election.

Chris Whipple is a liberal partisan hack. He wrote this book as if Harris actually won the election. Well, she didn't. Save your time and money and read FIGHT. It's much more comprehensive and a lot less delusional than this hit piece.

Let's see how many lies we can repeat

This was a 'get Trump' book! plain and simple!
So many of the stories Whipple told have been proven to be false, but he repeated them exactly like they have been repeated for years!!!
The few things that he said about Biden were things we already knew!!!
He painted Harris like she was a savior.
Thank God that didn't work out.
This book was a waste of time and money.

The other reviews nail it: Not even handed

Having seen some interviews about this book, I was excited to read an objective behind-the -scenes book about both campaigns. Sadly, it’s was really a usual, overdone narrative about how the Biden-Harris camp were just victims of circumstance and Trump world is bad. There are other post-election books out there. Perhaps this isn’t the one. Ironically, the author does come off a bit self promoting and a bit self important… a common critique he has of Trump.

Interesting Story and as Bipartisan as it could be

This story is about an election and the colossal failure of one party. It is an election of course it is a partisan story, the author does not sugar coat the failures by every single senior manager in the Harris campaign and what a horrible job Jen O’Malley Dillon did running the campaign.
The author was too kind to Joe Biden and did not accurately present Obama’s failings in the process.