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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Simon Schama asks what has happened to the fabled American Dream - the promise of prosperity for all. At the start of 2009, Obama took office in the midst of an economic and financial crisis unparalleled since the Great Depression. One of his key election pledges was to make the American money machine work for everyone. To many, the United States is synonymous with freebooting capitalism, but, as Schama discovers, since the birth of the republic there's...
3) Obama's wars
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: In Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief. Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key players, including the president, Woodward tells the inside story of Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret campaign in Pakistan and the worldwide fight...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Barack Obama came into office in the midst of one of the worst financial crises in American history and had to extract the US from two grinding foreign wars. He succeeded in enacting the most progressive legislative agenda since the Great Society years, and has pivoted American foreign policy toward East Asia. In The Obama Presidency, political historian Morton Keller provides the first major historical assessment of the still-unfolding Obama presidency,...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2010
Language
English
Description
Barack Obama came to office promising a change in tone from the foreign policy of George W. Bush, and greater engagement with adversaries. In this 2010 debate, panelists consider the early manifestations of that policy, and the likely results. Supporters say Obama moved toward prudence and realism, and that his personal global appeal has value to America. Opponents say he demonstrates weakness against adversaries like Iran and Russia, making allies...
Pub. Date
[2014], c2009
Language
English
Description
Signs of recovery are everywhere: Housing prices have bottomed out, the stock market has rallied, and capital markets are growing. But has the recession ended? When President Obama took office in January 2009, people debated whether a sharp decline in economic activity would trigger more bank failures, culminating in a full-scale depression. Supporters of Obama's policies argue that they have restored confidence and improved the economy. Opponents,...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In April 2015, the United States, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom negotiated an interim nuclear deal with Iran. Finalized in July, the accord restricted Iran's development of nuclear weapons in exchange for a lifting of international economic sanctions. Supporters of the deal argued that it would rein in Iran's nuclear program and promote peace in the Middle East, but opponents argued that it was flawed and threatened U.S. interests...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The international relations of the United States has changed radically from what had been U.S. foreign policy for decades under presidents from both major political parties. Those were times in which people around the world could count on Presidents of the United States to treat the U.S.A.'s friends as friends and adversaries as adversaries.The book makes no predictions other than the obvious: on January the 20th of 2013 there will be an inaugural...
11) Obama at War
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Inside the Obama administration's struggle to deal with ISIS and the deadly civil war in Syria. With interviews from key military and diplomatic leaders, Obama at War examines the hard choices facing the president as he tries to defeat the Islamic State without dragging America into a prolonged regional conflict.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Barack Obama Is Sworn In As The America'S 44Th President And The Country'S First African American Leader And George W. Bush, The Former President Departs Washington By Helicopter Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Erupted In Roars Of Approval On The Broad National Mall Grounds On Tuesday (January 20) As They Watched Barack Obama Stand With One Hand Raised, One Hand On A Bible Used To Swear In Abraham Lincoln In 1861, And Repeat The Brief Oath To Become...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Has President Obama's foreign policy been a success or a failure? Some praise his accomplishments, citing his taking out Osama bin Laden, ending wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, defusing the threat of a nuclear Iran, normalizing relations with Cuba, and "pivoting" U.S. foreign policy toward Asia, where the nation's greatest opportunities and long-term challenges lie. But others criticize his legacy and leadership on the world stage, noting the rise of...
14) Obama at war
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Drawing on interviews with key military and diplomatic leaders, this Frontline episode examines the Obama administration's complicated struggle to deal with the deadly civil war in Syria, which by 2015 was in its fifth year.
15) Obama's deal
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A sobering look at the push to reform health care, revealing the realities of American politics, the power of special interest groups and the role of money in policy making."-- Frontline website.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Back in 2007, when Barack Hussein Obama announced his campaign, his election seemed to be a long shot. But he won in a decisive victory, also garnering a record 69.5 million votes, and on January 20, 2009, he became the 44th president of the United States and its first African American chief executive. Now, after two terms, this book explores Obama's journey in pictures, from his remarkable victory through the last days of his presidency in 2017;...
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