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Baker, Peter, 1967-
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Obama, Barack -- Pictorial works.
Obama, Barack -- Influence.
Obama, Barack.
Presidents -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Politicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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Baker, Peter, 1967-
Obama, Barack -- Pictorial works.
Obama, Barack -- Influence.
Obama, Barack.
Presidents -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Politicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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Obama : the call of history / Peter Baker.
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Baker, Peter, 1967-
Callaway Arts & Entertainment, 2017.
Call #:
973
.932092
O12ba
Subjects
Obama, Barack -- Pictorial works.
Obama, Barack -- Influence.
Obama, Barack.
Presidents -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Politicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
ISBN:
9780935112900 (hc.)
Alternate title:
New York Times. Obama : the call to history
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
319 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
This winter of our hardship -- Bring our troops home -- Time to turn the page -- A shellacking -- Justice has been done -- Fought our way back -- Governing by crisis -- Red line -- Haunted by those deaths -- Could have been me -- Never fear to negotiate -- A personal insult -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"'His first line in the history books was written the day he won office as the first African-American president, but he was determined to offer more than simply a new complexion in the Oval Office.' So writes Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent for the New York Times, about the 44th president of the United States. In this illustrated account of Barack Obama's years in office, Baker chronicles a period of great hope, tumult, accomplishment and, yes, failure. The story of a young president who took on the worst financial disaster since the Great Depression, forged a controversial health care program, watched anxiously in the Situation Room after approving the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, and endured mid-term election defeats. In a presidency buffeted by one crisis after another, he struggled with the Syrian civil war, a Russian invasion of its neighbor, the rise of the Islamic State, and, at home, often violent racial strife and a recalcitrant Congress. Inspiring in a crowded stadium yet diffident behind the scenes, Obama was a master politician who loathed politics. To many, he was an enigma, often seen through the lens of the observer - a liberal zealot to the right, an overeager compromiser to the left. But he was the dominant figure of his age. After eight eventful years, he would never be the same - and neither would his country. Author Peter Baker covered the Obama presidency since its inception. He is the author of Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House"--Provided by publisher.
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