The Center Holds
Obama and His Enemies
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: xiii, 428 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
A narrative thriller about the battle royale surrounding Barack Obama's quest for a second term amid widespread joblessness and one of the most poisonous political climates in American history.
Contents:
The shellacking -- Tea Party tempest -- Obama Derangement Syndrome -- Strangled in the bathtub -- Fox Nation -- The Voter-Suppression Project -- The new Chicago machine -- The cave -- Not so great communicator? -- Missing the schmooze gene -- The Keeper of the Essence -- "We got him!" -- Obama's low point -- The clown car -- Playground of the superrich -- The Book of Mitt -- Boston Mad Men -- A message built to last? -- Obamacare's close shave -- The machine hums -- Demography as destiny -- In the scrum -- Makers versus takers -- The first debate -- The homestretch -- Shell-shocked.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack -- Friends and associates.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2012.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2016.
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack -- Friends and associates.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2012.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2016.
ISBN:
9781451646078 (hardback)
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HISTORY North Am. US Modern Alt | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US Modern Alt | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/21/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-391) and index.