Bibliograph

The promise, President Obama, year one, Jonathan Alter

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The promise, President Obama, year one, Jonathan Alter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The promise

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

517275024

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Alter

Sub title

President Obama, year one

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

Table Of 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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