05178cam a2200793 4500 2467287259 TxAuBib 20250601120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780525509363 0525509364 B079KTNWP6 Amazon 6aa80c9e-0d66-437e-bace-afb354f86ec4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3802464 OverDrive (Product ID) 564509 564509 TxAuBib Rhodes, Benjamin, 1807-1897. The World as It Is [Libby eBook] : A Memoir of the Obama White House. Random House Publishing Group, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 17MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. new york times best sellers. American Government. American Politics . barack obama books. history buff gifts. political science. political memoirs. american history. Democratic Party. political memoir. obama presidency. political books. political gifts. hilary clinton. samantha power. washington dc. gifts for dad. history books. history gifts. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. arab spring. Presidents. susan rice. obama book. president. dad gifts. bob gates. politics. Clinton. Memoirs. History. memoir. trump. obama. Syria. Iran. Cuba. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From one of Barack Obama’s most trusted aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidency—and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive. “The closest view of Obama we’re likely to get until he publishes his own memoir.”—George Packer, The New Yorker   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN For nearly ten years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administration—first as a speechwriter, then as deputy national security advisor, and finally as a multipurpose aide and close collaborator. He started every morning in the Oval Office with the President’s Daily Briefing, traveled the world with Obama, and was at the center of some of the most consequential and controversial moments of the presidency. Now he tells the full story of his partnership—and, ultimately, friendship—with a man who also happened to be a historic president of the United States.   Rhodes was not your typical presidential confidant, and this is not your typical White House memoir. Rendered in vivid, novelistic detail by someone who was a writer before he was a staffer, this is a rare look inside the most poignant, tense, and consequential moments of the Obama presidency—waiting out the bin Laden raid in the Situation Room, responding to the Arab Spring, reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran, leading secret negotiations with the Cuban government to normalize relations, and confronting the resurgence of nationalism and nativism that culminated in the election of Donald Trump. In The World as It Is, Rhodes shows what it was like to be there—from the early days of the Obama campaign to the final hours of the presidency. It is a story populated by such characters as Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Hillary Clinton, Bob Gates, and—above all—Barack Obama, who comes to life on the page in moments of great urgency and disarming intimacy. This is the most vivid portrayal yet of Obama’s worldview and presidency, a chronicle of a political education by a writer of enormous talent, and an essential record of the forces that shaped the last decade. Praise for The World as It Is “A book that reflects the president [Rhodes] served—intelligent, amiable, compelling and principled . . . a classic coming-of-age story, about the journey from idealism to realism, told with candor and immediacy . . . His achievement is rare for a political memoir: He has written a humane and honorable book.”—Joe Klein, The New York Times Book Review. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Politics. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-07-31 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6aa80c9e-0d66-437e-bace-afb354f86ec4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6aa80c9e-0d66-437e-bace-afb354f86ec4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)