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Title The Obama presidency : a preliminary assessment / edited by Robert P. Watson [and others].

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 443 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SUNY series on the presidency: contemporary issues
SUNY series on the presidency.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
United States.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 2009-
Since 2009
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Watson, Robert P., 1962-
Other Form: Print version: Obama presidency. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2012 9781438443294 (DLC) 2011037744 (OCoLC)752910796
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