Autore	Street Paul Louis.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina	328.73092
Soggetto topico	Presidential candidates - United States
ISBN	1-315-63589-5 1-317-26340-5 1-317-26339-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: "A Man for All Seasons?" The Dark Essences of American Politics; 1 Obama's "Dollar Value"; 2 The Other Hidden Primary; 3 How "Black" Is Obama? Color, Class, Generation, and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era; 4 How "Antiwar"? Obama, Iraq, and the Audacity of Empire; 5 Obama Nation: Sixteen Reasons; 6 Beyond the Narrow Spectrum: Citizens, Politicians, Change, and the Obama Phenomenon; Afterword: Imagining a Progressive Future; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910797977103321

Autore	Singh Robert
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury Academic, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina	328.73092
Soggetto topico	Presidents - United States - 21st century
ISBN	1-78093-112-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 A Post-American Foreign Policy for the Post-American World; Introduction; Audacious No Longer: From the Fierce Urgency of Now to the Timidity of ""Hope""; Contextualizing Obama; Plan of the Book; 2 The ""Human Ink-Blot"": Obama, Foreign Policy and the 2008 Election; Introduction; ""I''ve Got a Confusion on Obama"": Cosmopolitan, Liberal Internationalist, Realist, Reaganite, Leftist?; The Stealth Candidate: Symbolism as Strategy (Hope) and Substance (Change); Commander-in-Chief/Cosmopolitan-in-Chief; Conclusion 3 The Obama Doctrine: ""Leading From Behind""Introduction; Obama''s Grand Strategy: Engagement; Implementing Strategic Engagement (2009-12); The Conservative Critique: Obama and the End of American Exceptionalism; Conclusion; 4 Afghanistan, Pakistan and the War on Terror; Introduction; Un-Declaring the War on Terror; From the Team of Rivals to Rival Teams; Pakistan: Failing State of Terror; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement in South Asia; 5 Iran; Introduction; Extending a Hand, Unclenching a Fist: Towards a ""Grand Bargain""; The Iranian Presidential Election Crisis of 2009 From Engagement to Sanctions to Regime ChangeEvaluating Obama''s Iran Strategy; Iraq; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with Iran; 6 Israel, Palestine and the Arab Spring; Introduction; Obama''s Strategic Options; Israel and the Palestinian Territories; The Arab Spring: the Inevitable Surprise; Egypt; Libya; Syria; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement in the Middle East; 7 China; Introduction; US China Strategy for the 2010s: Peaceful Rise, Post-Ascent Aggression or Unpeaceful Collapse?; Obama and China: from Engagement to Hedging; Economic Relations Chinese Military Developments: Enter the DragonTaiwan; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with China; 8 Russia; Introduction; Resetting Russian-American Relations; Missile Defense, New START, and Afghanistan; Missile Defense; New START; Afghanistan, Central Asia and the ""Post-Soviet Space""; Resetting the Reset?; Conclusion: the Limits of Strategic Engagement with Russia; 9 Keep the Change: Continuity We Can Believe In; Introduction; The Four Limits of Strategic Engagement; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W YZ
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910597897103321

Autore	Jordan Barbara <1936-1996.>
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (129 p.)
Disciplina	328.73092 B
Altri autori (Persone)	ShermanMax R
Collana	Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series
Soggetto topico	Civil rights - United States Political ethics - United States Democracy - United States Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-292-79550-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Biography of Barbara Jordan, with student comments -- My personal introduction of Barbara Jordan -- Erosion of civil liberties : commencement speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974 -- The national political stage : rising to the occasion : the constitutional basis for impeachment, U.S. House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings, July 25, 1974 -- Center stage : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 12, 1976 -- The spotlight after Congress : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 13, 1992 -- Barbara Jordan's take on three twenty-first-century political issues : confirmation of Supreme Court Justices : testimony in opposition to the nomination of Robert Bork, September 17, 1987 -- Immigration reform : congressional testimony as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, March 29, 1995 -- Religious faith and politics : prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978; address at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1984 -- The Sylvanus Thayer Award : unswerving dedication to principle : 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award citation, West Point, October 5; Barbara Jordan's Thayer Award acceptance -- Epilogue : remarks of Bill Moyers at the memorial service for Barbara Jordan, University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 1996.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452310303321

Autore	Brooke Edward William <1919->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (356 p.)
Disciplina	328.73092 B
Soggetto topico	Legislators - United States African American legislators Attorneys general - Massachusetts
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8135-6793-9 1-281-15131-9 9786611151317 0-8135-4008-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Inside the Cocoon; Chapter 2: Captain Carlo; Chapter 3: Romance in Italy; Chapter 4: Law and Politics; Chapter 5: "Where the Huckleberries Grow"; Chapter 6: The Boston Finance Commission; Chapter 7: One Vote in Worcester; Chapter 8: Attorney General; Chapter 9: The Strange Case of the Boston Strangler; Chapter 10: Running for the Senate; Chapter 11: Back to Washington; Chapter 12: Vietnam; Chapter 13: Member of the Club; Chapter 14: The President Nixon I Knew; Chapter 15: "The Freest Man in the Senate"; Chapter 16: A Private Matter Chapter 17: Stormy WeatherChapter 18: Love and Redemption; Chapter 19: Private Citizen; Chapter 20: Looking Beyond; Index; Gallery of Images
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451832003321

Autore	Dorf Michael C.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Urbana ; ; Chicago ; ; Springfield : , : University of Illinois Press, , [2019]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (249 pages)
Disciplina	328.73092
Soggetto topico	Legislators - United States
ISBN	0-252-05128-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The crusader, 1949-62 -- The road to Capitol Hill -- The class of '49 -- "Here comes this nice, good-looking guy" -- "The judgment of admirals" -- Yates for Senate -- To the United Nations and back -- "This precious resource" -- America's committee -- Three years of the culture wars -- "The last Sanhedrin met in 70 CE" -- The final years.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910793538903321