The promise : President Obama, year one
No. Panggil 973.932092 Alt
Pengarang Obama, Barack.; Obama, Barack; Alter, Jonathan.;
Tempat Terbit New York
Penerbit Simon & Schuster
Tahun Terbit 2011
Subject Presidents;
Klasifikasi 973.932092
Abstrak/Catatan Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-446) and index.; 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 -- The 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.; 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.;