{"product_id":"9780143124269","title":"The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive analysis of the events, ideas, personalities, and conflicts that have defined Obama’s foreign policy—with a new afterword for his second term\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Barack Obama first took office, he brought with him a new group of foreign policy advisers intent on carving out a new global role for America in the wake of the Bush administration’s war in Iraq. Now the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eRise of the Vulcans\u003c\/i\u003e offers a definitive, even-handed account of the messier realities they’ve faced in implementing their policies and the challenges they will face going into the second term.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Obamians\u003c\/i\u003e, prizewinning author and journalist James Mann tells the compelling story of the administration’s struggle to enact a coherent and effective set of policies in a time of global turmoil. At the heart of this struggle are the generational conflicts between the Democratic establishment—including Robert Gates, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden—and Obama and his inner circle of largely unknown, remarkably youthful advisers, who came of age after the Cold War had ended.\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a proven master at elucidating political underpinnings even to the politicians themselves, \u003ci\u003eThe Obamians\u003c\/i\u003e is a pivotal reckoning of this historic president and his inner circle, and of how their policies may or may not continue to shape America and the world. This edition includes a new afterword by the author on how the Obamians’ foreign policy affected the 2012 election and what that means for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010580889840,"sku":"9780143124269","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143124269_p0.jpg?v=1763657181","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143124269","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}