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A Crisis Wasted
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Author : Reed Hundt
language : en
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Release Date : 2019-04-02
A Crisis Wasted written by Reed Hundt and has been published by RosettaBooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Political Science categories.
“The blow by blow story of a president and his team wasting the ‘opportunity’ of the Great Recession to change the fundamentals of the economy.” —Steven Brill, New York Times–bestselling author This book is the compelling story of President Obama’s domestic policy decisions made between September 2008 and his inauguration on January 20, 2009. Barack Obama determined the fate of his presidency before he took office. His momentous decisions led to Donald Trump, for Obama the worst person imaginable, taking his place eight years later. This book describes these decisions and discusses how the results could have been different. Based on dozens of interviews with actors in the Obama transition, as well as the author’s personal observations, this book provides unique commentary of those defining decisions of winter 2008–2009. A decade later, the ramifications of the Great Recession and the role of government in addressing the crisis animate the ideological battle between progressivism and neoliberalism in the Democratic Party and the radical direction of the Republican Party. As many seek the presidency in the November 2020 election, all candidates and of course the eventual winner will face decisions that may be as critical and difficult as those confronted by Barack Obama. This book aims to provide the guidance of history. “A powerfully lucid, compelling and surprising achievement . . . makes a subtle but irresistible argument that, given the conservative undertow of American politics, liberals and progressives who are serious about change can’t just wing it but must prepare detailed economic policy analyses and prescriptions long in advance of taking power.” —Congressman Jamie Raskin, Representative from Maryland’s 8th District
Defining Obama
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Author : Peter R. Garber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-07-01
Defining Obama written by Peter R. Garber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Social Science categories.
President Barack Obama is a unique U.S. president. His heritage redefines diversity for American politicians. His abilities as a politician and leader often transcend description. He has become a uniquely-appealing political icon over a very short period of time. The world responded to his election with unprecedented enthusiasm, and as his presidency begins his legacy, he seems destined for great things to come. Much of Obama's personal appeal is his ability to relate to many different people from such a variety of backgrounds. Although, we might never be able to truly define Obama, learning to understand him better can help us better understand great leaders. Regardless of our politics, race, or position in life, he clearly demonstrates many leadership aspects that we can learn to mimic in order to build our own leadership skills. This book analyzes many of Obama's leadership skills using a framework that can be used for our own skills development activities. As an added bonus, the book includes 101 different ways of defining Barack Obama as a leader.
At This Defining Moment
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Author : Enid Lynette Logan
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2011-10
At This Defining Moment written by Enid Lynette Logan and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10 with Political Science categories.
Introduction: the landscape of race in the 21st century -- Post-race American triumphalism and the entrenchment of colorblind racial ideology -- Rooted in the Black community but not limited to it: the perils and promises of the new politics of race -- Contesting gender and race in the 2008 democratic primary -- The trope of race in Obama's America -- Asian and Latino voters in the 2008 election: the politics of color in the racial middle -- In defense of the white nation: the modern conservative movement and the discourse of exclusionary nationalism -- Racial politics under the first Black president.
The Black President
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Author : Claude A. Clegg III
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2021-10-12
The Black President written by Claude A. Clegg III and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with History categories.
The first sweeping, legacy-defining history of the entire Obama presidency. Finalist of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Biography & Autobiography by the Association of American Publishers In The Black President, the first interpretative, grand-narrative history of Barack Obama's presidency in its entirety, Claude A. Clegg III situates the former president in his dynamic, inspirational, yet contentious political context. He captures the America that made Obama's White House years possible, while insightfully rendering the America that resolutely resisted the idea of a Black chief executive, thus making conceivable the ascent of the most unlikely of his successors. In elucidating the Obama moment in American politics and culture, this book is also, at its core, a sweeping exploration of the Obama presidency's historical environment, impact, and meaning for African Americans—the tens of millions of people from every walk of life who collectively were his staunchest group of supporters and who most starkly experienced both the euphoric triumphs and dispiriting shortcomings of his years in office. In Obama's own words, his White House years were "the best of times and worst of times" for Black America. Clegg is vitally concerned with the veracity of this claim, along with how Obama engaged the aspirations, struggles, and disappointments of his most loyal constituency and how representative segments of Black America engaged, experienced, and interpreted his historic presidency. Clegg draws on an expansive archive of materials, including government records and reports, interviews, speeches, memoirs, and insider accounts, in order to examine Obama's complicated upbringing and early political ambitions, his delicate navigation of matters of race, the nature and impacts of his administration's policies and politics, the inspired but also carefully choreographed symbolism of his presidency (and Michelle Obama's role), and the spectrum of allies and enemies that he made along the way. The successes and the aspirations of the Obama era, Clegg argues, are explicitly connected to our current racist, toxic political discourse. Combining lively prose with a balanced, nonpartisan portrait of Obama's successes and failures, The Black President will be required reading not only for historians, politics junkies, and Obama fans but also for anyone seeking to understand America's contemporary struggles with inequality, prejudice, and fear.
Defining The Times
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-31
Defining The Times written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-31 with categories.
Duncan, a native of Denver, Colorado, single handily formulated the quintessential historical document chronicling the meteoric rise of President Barack Obama to becoming the first African-American President in the history of the United States. Defining the Times contains never before seen, full-color photos of the 44th President of these United States, captured by Duncan, weaved together with transcripts of the former president?s many inspirational speeches.
A Defining Moment
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Author : Patricia Duncan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-01-29
A Defining Moment written by Patricia Duncan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-29 with categories.
Award winning photographer Patricia Duncan will release her sold out coffee table book, "A Defining Moment: Barack Obama - The Historic Journey to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave" in paperback, March 2015. This 184-page, 9x10 soft cover book, features over 300 stunning never before seen color photographs as well as transcripts from moving, inspirational speeches starting with Junior Senator Barack Obama's announcement speech in Springfield, Illinois, detailed coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, to the Inaugural Address of the first African American President of the United States. Duncan's book provides an introspective look at Barack Obama's historic path through the eyes of a Colorado photographer.A Defining Moment: Barack- Obama, The Historic Journey to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue hit book stores and the internet in April, 2011 and sold out in hard cover 2013. It was also nominated for NAACP Image Awards 2012-Outstanding Literary Works of A Debut Author and inducted into the Library of Congress, June 2013.and inducted into the Library of Congress, June 2013.
A Defining Moment
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Author : Patricia Duncan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
A Defining Moment written by Patricia Duncan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Presidents categories.
Inside these pages is a first-time, never before seen collection of photographs by Denver photographer Patricia Duncan. These candid pictures capture the essence of Senator Barack Obama's historic journey, from before he announced his candidacy, through the historical Democratic National Convention in the Mile High City, to the whistle-stop train ride to the historic inauguration. Read his most important speeches, which you will want to savor all over again, along with narrative text including an interview with Obama's national campaign co-chair Federico Pena. Enjoy as these 180 spectacular pages will bring to life that momentous event in our nation.
The Promise
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Author : Jonathan Alter
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-18
The Promise written by Jonathan Alter and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-18 with History categories.
Barack Obama’s inauguration as president on January 20, 2009, inspired the world. But the great promise of "Change We Can Believe In" was immediately tested by the threat of another Great Depression, a worsening war in Afghanistan, and an entrenched and deeply partisan system of business as usual in Washington. Despite all the coverage, the backstory of Obama’s historic first year in office has until now remained a mystery. In The Promise: President Obama, Year One, 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. What happened in 2009 inside the Oval Office? What worked and what failed? What is the president really like on the job and off-hours, using what his best friend called "a Rubik’s Cube in his brain"? These questions are answered here for the first time. We see how a surprisingly cunning Obama took effective charge in Washington several weeks before his election, made trillion-dollar decisions on the stimulus and budget before he was inaugurated, engineered colossally unpopular bailouts of the banking and auto sectors, and escalated a treacherous war not long after settling into office. The Promise is a fast-paced and incisive narrative of a young risk-taking president carving his own path amid sky-high expectations and surging joblessness. Alter reveals that it was Obama alone—"feeling lucky"—who insisted on pushing major health care reform over the objections of his vice president and top advisors, including his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who admitted that "I begged him not to do this." Alter takes the reader inside the room as Obama prevents a fistfight involving a congressman, coldly reprimands the military brass for insubordination, crashes the key meeting at the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, and realizes that a Senate candidate’s gaffe about baseball in a Massachusetts special election will dash the big dream of his first year. In Alter’s telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader. He adapted to the presidency with ease and put more "points on the board" than he is given credit for, but neglected to use his leverage over the banks and failed to connect well with an angry public. We see the famously calm president cursing leaks, playfully trash-talking his advisors, and joking about even the most taboo subjects, still intent on redeeming more of his promise as the problems mount. This brilliant blend of journalism and history offers the freshest reporting and most acute perspective on the biggest story of our time. It will shape impressions of the Obama presidency and of the man himself for years to come.
Change We Can Believe In
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Author : Barack Obama,
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2008-12-11
Change We Can Believe In written by Barack Obama, and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-11 with Political Science categories.
The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States was a defining moment in American history. After years of failed policies, Barack Obama was given the chance to reclaim the American dream. He proved himself to be a new kind of leader – one who could bring people together, be honest about the challenges we all face and move his nation forward. Change We Can Believe In outlines his vision for America and its standing in the world.
Revival
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Author : Richard Wolffe
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2010-11-16
Revival written by Richard Wolffe and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Revival is the dramatic inside story of the defining period of the Obama White House. It is an epic tale that follows the president and his inner circle from the crisis of defeat to historic success. Over the span of an extraordinary two months in the life of a young presidency, Obama and his senior aides engaged in a desperate struggle for survival that stands as the measure of who they are and how they govern. Bestselling Obama biographer Richard Wolffe draws on unrivaled access to the West Wing to write a natural sequel to his critically acclaimed book about the president and his campaign. Starting at the first anniversary of the inauguration, Wolffe paints a portrait of a White House at work under exceptional strain across a sweeping set of challenges: from health care reform to a struggling economy, from two wars to terrorism.