The world as it is : a memoir of the Obama White House
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[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2018].
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Published
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2018].
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Large Print
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704 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
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English
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For nearly ten years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administration--first as a speechwriter, then as deputy national security advisor, and finally as a multipurpose aide and close collaborator. He started every morning in the Oval Office with the President's Daily Brief, traveled the world with Obama, and was at the center of some of the most consequential and controversial moments of the presidency. Now he tells the full story of his partnership--and, ultimately, friendship--with a man who also happened to be a historic president of the United States. Rhodes was not your typical presidential confidant, and this is not your typical White House memoir. Rendered in vivid, novelistic detail by someone who was a writer before he was a staffer, this is a rare look inside the most poignant, tense, and consequential moments of the Obama presidency--waiting out the bin Laden raid in the Situation Room, responding to the Arab Spring, reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran, leading secret negotiations with the Cuban government to normalize relations, and confronting the resurgence of nationalism and nativism that culminated in the election of Donald Trump. In The World as It Is, Rhodes shows what it was like to be there--from the early days of the Obama campaign to the final hours of the presidency. It is a story populated by such characters as Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Hillary Clinton, Bob Gates, and--above all--Barack Obama, who comes to life on the page in moments of great urgency and disarming intimacy. This is the most vivid portrayal yet of Obama's worldview and presidency, a chronicle of a political education by a writer of enormous talent, and an essential record of the forces that shaped the last decade.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rhodes, B. J. (2018). The world as it is: a memoir of the Obama White House . Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rhodes, Benjamin J., 1977-. 2018. The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rhodes, Benjamin J., 1977-. The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Random House Large Print, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rhodes, Benjamin J. The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Random House Large Print, 2018.
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