The Obama presidency
Subtitle: a preliminary assessment
By: edited by Robert P. Watson ... [et al.].
Series: Suny series on the presidency: contemporary issues
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9781438443294
Subjects: Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Rating presidents and assessing Obama / Robert P. Watson; title: Rhetoric and image / Casey Malone Maugh; title: Obama's Lincoln: image to ideology / William D. Pederson; title: The optimist and the realist / R. Ward Holder; title: Obamania in Europe / Marie des Neiges Léonard; title: The first hundred days / Sean Savage; title: Relations with Congress / Max J. Skidmore; title: The firing of General Stanley McChrystal / Douglas M. Brattebo; title: The 2010 midterm election / Matthew N. Green; title: The u.s. auto industry rescue / Steven A. Stuglin; title: Environmental policy and global climate change / Byron W. Daynes & Glen Sussman; title: Food and agricultural policy / Julie A. Lester; title: Health care reform / Michael K. Gusmano; title: Response to the Gulf oil spill / Matthew A. Williams & Brian Richard; title: Inherited wars: Afghanistan and Iraq / Tom Lansford & Jack Covarrubias; title: Iran policy / Robert J. Pauly; title: China policy / De-Yuan Kao; title: Counterterrorism policy / Leonard Cutler; title: Obama, Libya, and war powers / Louis Fisher; title: The policy czar debate / Justin S. Vaughn & José D. Villalobos; title: The use of unilateral directives / Graham G. Dodds; title: Vice president Joe Biden / Richard M. Yon; title: First Lady Michelle Obama / Robert P. Watson; title: Conclusion.