Obama's Time: A History - Hardcover

Keller, Morton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199383375 ISBN 13: 9780199383375

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

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Review:

Writing the first draft of history would be a challenging task for any scholar, but there is probably no living historian better equipped to rise to the occasion than Morton Keller. In Obama's Time: A History, Dr. Keller meticulously sorts through the wildly divergent opinions surrounding the Obama presidency and synthesizes them with broader political and cultural trends to create a coherent narrative... Partisans on both sides will grind their teeth at the frequent nods to the other side, but for anyone seeking a sober assessment of the past six years, this book is an absolute must-read. (Sean Trende, Senior Elections Analyst, RealClearPolitics)

A gracefully written comprehensive survey of American politics during the Obama era. More systematic than journalistic accounts already published and less specialized than academic studies yet to come, it occupies a unique niche and will be of broad interest to lay readers and specialists alike. (Morris Fiorina, Wendt Family Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University)

This analysis of Barack Obama's first term reflects the broad vision and deep learning of one of the Wise Men of American political history. Morton Keller fluently details the tempestuous partisan controversies of the President's first four years while establishing a larger perspective that lays bare the ideological and institutional deadlock of our democracy. (Alonzo L. Hamby, Distinguished Professor of History, Ohio University)

About the Author:

Morton Keller is Spector Professor of History emeritus at Brandeis. He has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Oxford. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy. Among his books are Affairs of State and America's Three Regimes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0199383375
• ISBN 13: 9780199383375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 348