TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watson,Robert P.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - The Obama presidency: a preliminary assessment 
T2  - Suny series on the presidency: contemporary issues
SN  - 9781438443300
AV  - E907 .O225 2012
U1  - 973.932092 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Obama, Barack.
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2009-
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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 Leonard -- 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 & Jose 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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781438443300/
ER  -