| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xx, 450 pages, [8] unnumbred pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part one. Hope: 2007-2010 -- In the beginning -- Talk to Iran, get Bin Laden -- A community of fate -- The President is on board the aircraft -- Cairo -- Obama's war -- War and a peace prize -- The end of the beginning -- Part two. Spring: 2011-2012 -- Egypt: the transition must begin now -- Libya -- Bin Laden: life inside a secret -- Gathering clouds -- Reaction and action -- Life, death, and Benghazi -- A second term -- Young men wage war, old men make peace -- Part three. Change: 2013-2014 -- Clenched fists -- Red line -- Becoming a right-wing villain -- Race, Mandela, and Castro -- Russians and intervention -- Divine intervention -- Permanent war -- New beginnings -- Part four. What makes America great: 2015-2017 -- Tapping the brakes -- The antiwar room -- Bombs and children -- Havana -- The stories people tell about you -- The stories we tell -- Information wars -- The end. |
| Summary |
One of Barack Obama's closest aides presents a behind-the-scenes account of his presidency, from the early days of his first campaign to his final hours in the White House, detailing many of the most consequential moments of the Obama administration. |
| Subject |
Obama, Barack.
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Rhodes, Ben, 1977-
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780525509356 (hardcover) |
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0525509356 (hardcover) |
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