The Price of Politics - Couverture souple

Woodward, Bob

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1471113205 ISBN 13 : 9781471113208

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2013

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Based on 18 months of reporting, Woodward's 17th book is an intimate, documented examination of how President Obama and the highest profile Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Congress attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition over three and one half years. Drawn from memos, contemporaneous meeting notes, emails and in-depth interviews with the central players, THE PRICE OF POLITICS addresses the key issue of the presidential and congressional campaigns: the condition of the American economy and how and why we got there. Providing verbatim, day-by-day, even hour-by-hour accounts, the book shows what really happened, what drove the debates, negotiations and struggles that define, and will continue to define, the American future.

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Quatri�me de couverture :

The inside story of how President Obama and the U.S. Congress tried, and failed, to restore the American economy and set it on a course to fiscal stability.
Woodward pierces the secretive world of Washington policymaking once again, with a close-up story crafted from meeting notes, documents, working papers and interviews with key players, including President Obama and the House Speaker.
At the heart of the book is the high-stakes personal and political struggle between the president and the speaker, taking the reader through the electric 44 days during the summer of 2011 with a day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account as the two attempted to cut spending and increase revenue. As they struggled through the most intense moments of the crisis, each contended with powerful conflicts in his own party.
With extensive documentation and firsthand accounts, Woodward reveals how the broken relationship between the White House and Capitol Hill drove the U.S. economy to the edge of the fiscal cliff, where it remains.

Revue de presse :

Praise for Obama's Wars
'Obama's Wars plows relentlessly forward like a shark. It is all about narrative and scenes and relationships' New York Times
'Once again, Woodward has reached into the heart of decision making in the presidency' Diane Sawyer, ABC News
'Superbly reported... Woodward recounts how a new president may well have embroiled himself in a war that could poison his presidency' Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Sheehan
'Exceptionally sharp... unfurls spreadsheet-like detail about decision- making...Woodward leaves us with Obama as a war president in full' New Yorker
'A straightforward account which features versions from both sides of the great divide.'
Sunday Morning Post (Hong Kong) 14/10

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