TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Robert P.
AU  - Covarrubias,Jack
AU  - Lansford,Tom
AU  - Brattebo,Douglas M.
TI  - The Obama Presidency: A Preliminary Assessment
T2  - SUNY Series on the Presidency: Contemporary Issues Series
SN  - 9781438443300
AV  - E907 -- .O225 2012eb 
U1  - 973.932092 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- I Introduction -- Chapter 1: Rating Presidents and Assessing Obama -- II Character and Identity -- Chapter 2: Rhetoric and Image -- Chapter 3: Obama's Lincoln Image to Ideology -- Chapter 4: The Optimist and the Realist -- Chapter 5: Obamania in Europe -- III Politics and Leadership -- Chapter 6: The First Hundred Days FDR and Obama -- Chapter 7: Legislative Leadership -- Chapter 8: The Firing of General Stanley McChrystal -- Chapter 9: 2010 Midterm Election -- IV Domestic Policy -- Chapter 10: U.S. Auto Industry Rescue -- Chapter 11: Environmental Policy and Global Climate Change -- Chapter 12: Food and Agricultural Policy -- Chapter 13: Health Care Reform -- Chapter 14: Response to the Gulf Oil Spill -- V Foreign Policy and National Security -- Chapter 15: Inherited Wars Afghanistan and Iraq -- Chapter 16: Iran Policy -- Chapter 17: China Policy -- Chapter 18: Counterterrorism Policy -- Chapter 19: Obama, Libya, and War Powers -- VI The Obama Administration -- Chapter 20: The Policy Czar Debate -- Chapter 21: Unilateral Directives -- Chapter 22: Vice President Joe Biden -- Chapter 23: First Lady Michelle Obama -- VII Conclusion -- Chapter 24: Making History -- Appendix A: Barack Obama Biography -- Appendix B: The Obama Administration -- Contributors -- Index
N2  - Lively and engaging essays covering President Obama's domestic and foreign policy, governing style, and character
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ER  -