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Author Baker, Peter, 1967- author.

Title Obama : the call of history / Peter Baker ; foreword by Jon Meacham.

Publication Info. New York : The New York Times/Callaway Arts & Entertainment, [2019]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.932 BAKER    Check Shelf
Edition First text edition.
Description 463 pages ; 24 cm
Note "Expanded and updated text"--Title page.
"The original edition of Obama: the Call of History told the story of eight tumultuous years through compelling, revealing and often unforgettable images ... This updated and greatly expanded edition builds out the modest text from that book into a full-scale history of the Obama presidency, the first of its kind since he left office"--Page 385.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In a presidency buffeted by one crisis after another, Barack Obama struggled with the Syrian civil war, a Russian invasion of its neighbor, the rise of the Islamic State, and, at home, often violent racial strife and recalcitrant Congress. Baker reports on new details about the final months of the Obama presidency as Russia sought to intervene in American democracy, and assesses the impact of Donald Trump's presidency on Barack Obama's legacy. Obama was a master politician who loathed politics. -- adapted from Amazon.com info.
Contents This winter of our hardship -- Bring our troops home -- Time to turn the page -- A shellacking -- Justice has been done -- Fought our way back -- Governing by crisis -- Red line -- Haunted by those deaths -- Could have been me -- Never fear to negotiate -- A personal insult -- Epilogue.
Prologue: Riding the wave -- This winter of our hardship -- The hardest option -- Bring our troops home -- Time to turn the page -- Sleepless nights -- A shellacking -- Justice has been done -- Fought our way back -- Governing by crisis -- Red line -- Don't do stupid... -- Could have been me -- Never fear to negotiate -- A personal insult -- Backed the wrong horse -- Epilogue: Forever President.
Subject Obama, Barack.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
Obama, Barack. (OCoLC)fst00348231
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Obama, Barack 1961- (DE-588)132522136
Chronological Term Since 2009
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
Added Title New York times.
ISBN 9780935112788 (hardback)
0935112782 (hardback)
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