The World As It Is
Inside the Obama White House
Ben Rhodes
- ‘One
- of
- the
- most
- compelling
- stories
- I’ve
- seen
- about
- what
- it’s
- actually
- like
- to
- serve
- the
- American
- people’
- BARACK
- OBAMAA
- revelatory,
- behind-the-scenes
- account
- of
- the
- Obama
- presidency
- and
- a
- political
- memoir
- about
- the
- power
- of
- words
- to
- change
- our
- worldThis
- is
- a
- book
- about
- two
- people
- making
- the
- most
- important
- decisions
- in
- the
- world.
- One
- is
- Barack
- Obama.
- The
- other
- is
- Ben
- Rhodes.A
- young
- writer
- and
- Washington
- outsider,
- Rhodes
- was
- plucked
- from
- obscurity
- aged
- 29.
- For
- nearly
- ten
- years,
- he
- was
- at
- the
- centre
- of
- the
- Obama
- Administration
- –
- first
- as
- a
- speech-writer,
- then
- a
- policy
- maker,
- and
- finally
- a
- close
- collaborator.Here,
- Rhodes
- tells
- the
- full
- story
- of
- his
- partnership
- –
- and,
- ultimately,
- friendship
- –
- with
- a
- historic
- president.
- From
- the
- early
- days
- of
- the
- Obama
- campaign
- to
- the
- final
- hours
- in
- the
- Oval
- Office,
- he
- puts
- us
- in
- the
- room
- at
- the
- most
- tense
- and
- poignant
- moments
- in
- recent
- history.**‘Vivid,
- lucid,
- enjoyable…
- A
- compelling
- account
- of
- life
- in
- the
- Obama
- White
- House’
Justin
- Webb,
- The
- Times‘A
- stylish,
- beautifully
- written
- political
- memoir’
Colum McCann**
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