| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 443 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SUNY series on the presidency: contemporary issues |
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SUNY series on the presidency.
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| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Rating presidents and assessing Obama / Robert P. Watson -- Rhetoric and image / Casey Malone Maugh -- Obama's Lincoln: image to ideology / William D. Pederson -- The optimist and the realist / R. Ward Holder -- Obamania in Europe / Marie des Neiges Léonard -- The first hundred days / Sean Savage -- Relations with Congress / Max J. Skidmore -- The firing of General Stanley McChrystal / Douglas M. Brattebo -- The 2010 midterm election / Matthew N. Green -- The u.s. auto industry rescue / Steven A. Stuglin -- Environmental policy and global climate change / Byron W. Daynes & Glen Sussman -- Food and agricultural policy / Julie A. Lester -- Health care reform / Michael K. Gusmano -- Response to the Gulf oil spill / Matthew A. Williams & Brian Richard -- Inherited wars: Afghanistan and Iraq / Tom Lansford & Jack Covarrubias -- Iran policy / Robert J. Pauly -- China policy / De-Yuan Kao -- Counterterrorism policy / Leonard Cutler -- Obama, Libya, and war powers / Louis Fisher -- The policy czar debate / Justin S. Vaughn & José D. Villalobos -- The use of unilateral directives / Graham G. Dodds -- Vice president Joe Biden / Richard M. Yon -- First Lady Michelle Obama / Robert P. Watson -- Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Obama, Barack.
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| SUBJECT |
Obama, Barack fast |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- United States -- 21st Century.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Watson, Robert P., 1962-
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| LC no. |
2011037744 |
| ISBN |
9781461911241 |
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1461911249 |
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9781438443300 |
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1438443307 |
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9781438443300 |
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