Todd, Chuck 1972-

The stranger : Barack Obama in the White House / Barack Obama in the White House Chuck Todd. - First edition. - viii, 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-506) and index.

Introduction: The stranger -- A not-so-fresh start -- Getting rolled early -- Unplanned legacy -- Triage -- Reluctant warrior -- The re-election begins ... sort of -- The winter thaw -- The veep steps up -- Coming around on Clinton -- The hunt begins -- Trump, bin Laden, and the craziest week of the presidency -- The Chief Executive learns to manage -- A challenger emerges -- If he had a son -- They were first-graders -- The lost year -- A thick red line -- Control-alt-delete -- The legacy.

Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But when he got to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, that distinction turned out to be double-bladed. NBC's award-winning Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd draws upon his unprecedented inner-circle sources to create a gripping account of Obama's tumultuous first term and campaign to win another.

9780316079570 (hardcover) 031607957X (hardcover)

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Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack, 1961-


Presidents--Election--United States--2012.
Presidentes--Elecciones --Estados Unidos--2012


United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
Estados Unidos--PolĂ­tica y gobierno--2009-2017

002 E 907 / T633s 2014

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