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The Obama presidency : a preliminary assessment
- Title
- The Obama presidency : a preliminary assessment / edited by Robert P. Watson ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Watson, Robert P., 1962-
- Description
- xiii, 443 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series on the presidency: contemporary issues
- Uniform Title
- SUNY series on the presidency.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-6233
- ISBN
- 9781438443294 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1438443293 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781438443287 (pbk.)
- 1438443285 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011037744
- OCLC
- YBP 2011037744
- Title
- The Obama presidency : a preliminary assessment / edited by Robert P. Watson ... [et al.].
- Imprint
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.
- Series
- SUNY series on the presidency: contemporary issuesSUNY series on the presidency.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Watson, Robert P., 1962-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-6233