The Obama presidency : a preliminary assessment / / edited by Robert P. Watson ... [et al.].
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| Superior document: | SUNY series on the presidency : contemporary issues |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series on the presidency.
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 443 p. |
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Table of 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 Leonard
- 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 & Jose 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.