The Obamians : the struggle inside the White House to redefined American power /

Mann, Jim, -1946

The Obamians : the struggle inside the White House to redefined American power / James Mann. - New York : Viking, c2012. - xx, 392 pages : illustrations 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-373) and index.

Prologue -- "A Look I Recognized" -- "I'm Running Out of Demons" -- Democrats In Exile -- The Trout Fishers -- The Obamians -- "Join Us" -- To Track Down, Capture or kill" -- CIA and the "Aw, Shit!" Campaign -- Afghanistan, the Second COIN -- "It's Not Like This Ghost in His Head" -- The Speeches: "Evil Does Exist" -- The Scowcroft Democrats -- No Roosevelt, No Churchill, No Brandy -- "Iran, Iran, Iran and Iran" -- The Outsiders -- "Just Richard Being Richard" -- Hillary Clinton's "Miracle Speech" -- "Now Means Yesterday" -- "We Are All Democrats Now" -- Libya : To Fly -- New Moon Over Pakstan -- Epilogue: Unfinished Business.

Discusses President Barack Obama and his inner circle of advisors' foreign policy decisions, successes, and missteps.

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Military policy--United States.
Politicians--United States
Politicians--United States
Power (Social sciences)--United States
Power (Social sciences)--United States
Presidents--United States
Presidents--United States

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