The promise : President Obama, year one
Title:
The promise : President Obama, year one
Author:
Alter, Jonathan.
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Edition:
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
xviii, 458 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut. In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader.
Language:
English
Contents:
Obama takes charge -- White House-in-waiting -- Grant Park -- The cabinet maker -- Picking Hillary -- Instant president -- Historic inauguration -- Sea legs -- Zen temperament -- Rahmbo -- The shovel brigade -- Larry and Tim -- The un-Bubba -- Global reset -- Tyrannosaurus Rx -- Professor-in-chief -- Off-hours -- The skinny guy and the fat cats -- Modus Obama -- "Don't blow it!" -- Chaos-istan -- The perfect and the good -- Epilogue.
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ISBN:
9781439101193
9781439154083
9781439101209
Format :
Book
