Consequential President: The Legacy of Barack Obama - Softcover

D'ANTONIO, MICHAEL

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250160480 ISBN 13: 9781250160485

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL, 2018

Synopsis

Obama's campaign for the White House made the senator from Chicago a worldwide sensation and a transformative figure of hope. Elected after the Iraq War and the Great Recession had driven millions of Americans to despair, he quickly passed an economic recovery act and a program to save the U.S. auto industry. Together, they powered a recovery that once again made America's economy the most vibrant in the world. That alone would have made him a truly successful president, but President Obama achieved so much more and against ferocious opposition. With healthcare reform, President Obama ended a long-running crisis of escalating costs and inadequate access to treatment for tens of millions of citizens. His Paris Agreement became the first treaty to address global warming in a meaningful way. His successes abroad matched those at home. He oversaw the mission to kill Osama bin Laden at last. His measured diplomacy reduced the nuclear threat posed by Iran, normalised relations with Cuba, and left the world a safer place. Most of all, D'Antonio shows that President Obama restored dignity and ethics to the office of the president while running an administration almost entirely untainted by scandal and criminality - which few others can claim.

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Praise for A Consequential President

"[An] obligatory reference ... for future historians grappling with the Obama presidency." --The Washington Post

"If you're sad to see the POTUS leave office, A Consequential President: The Legacy of Barack Obama will give you a chance to look back at his two terms. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael D'Antonio walks us through Obama's myriad accomplishments and examines the impact of the contentious and uncompromising political climate." --Bustle

"[A] massive trove of fact-checked, citation-provided facts ... Latte-sipping liberals may be partisan or at least annoying in their boostery Facebook posting of job-growth charts, but they're not wrong." --Chicago Tribune

"[A] broad, generous look at the entire Obama administration and finds many solid arguments that he indeed delivered the 'change' that he promised in 2008." --Kirkus Reviews

"D'Antonio is partisan in that he admires Obama, but as befits a distinguished reporter, his assessments, while not neutral, are certainly balanced." --Publishers Weekly

"As an answer to critics on both the left and right, journalist D'Antonio ... shows that ... Barack Obama managed to be the transformative U.S. president that many hoped for when he took office in 2009 ... Readers who enjoy learning about government and politics and want to know how Obama and his advisers addressed the challenges they faced will appreciate D'Antonio's thorough coverage." --Library Journal

Praise for Michael D'Antonio

"A brisk and entertaining read, drawing on interviews and documents and distilling decades' worth of news coverage to tell the story of Trump's childhood, family, business deals, and political forays." --The Washington Post on The Truth About Trump

"An admirably straight-forward, evenhanded but nonetheless damning account of Trump's life." --The New York Times Book Review on The Truth About Trump

"A carefully reported and fair-minded account. ... [D'Antonio] has pulled together Trump's story, subjected it to some fact-checking and dissected a string of business deals that display his drive to win, his thirst for money, his willingness to push boundaries and his apparently endless quest for publicity." --USA Today on The Truth About Trump

"Balanced, well-sourced and perfectly timed."--The Financial Times on The Truth About Trump

"D'Antonio has delivered an intriguing portrait of an American individualist and his time." --Los Angeles Times Book Review on Hershey

"Stunning . . . a vivid, careful, and ultimately momentous piece of journalism." --The Boston Globe on The State Boys Rebellion

"A captivating book." --The Wall Street Journal on A Full Cup

"This landmark work of recent history remains gripping and affecting to the last word." --Booklist (starred review) on Mortal Sins

About the Author

As part of a team of journalists from Newsday, MICHAEL D'ANTONIO won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting before going on to write many acclaimed books, including Atomic Harvest, The State Boys Rebellion, and The Truth About Trump. He has also written for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and Sports Illustrated, and is an on-air contributor to CNN. He lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1250160480
• ISBN 13: 9781250160485
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322