02965nam 2200553 a 450 991045239340332120200520144314.01-4619-1124-91-4384-4330-7(CKB)2550000000106511(OCoLC)810933375(CaPaEBR)ebrary10570808(SSID)ssj0000703999(PQKBManifestationID)11413243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000703999(PQKBWorkID)10691793(PQKB)11761626(MiAaPQ)EBC3407066(OCoLC)809317696(MdBmJHUP)muse18641(Au-PeEL)EBL3407066(CaPaEBR)ebr10570808(EXLCZ)99255000000010651120110914d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Obama presidency[electronic resource] a preliminary assessment /edited by Robert P. Watson ... [et al.]Albany State University of New York Press20121 online resource (461 p.) SUNY series on the presidency : contemporary issuesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4384-4329-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Léonard -- 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 & José 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.SUNY series on the presidency.United StatesPolitics and government2009-Electronic books.973.932092Watson Robert P.1962-883039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452393403321The Obama presidency2464410UNINA