The Promise: President Obama - Couverture souple

Alter, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847398065 ISBN 13 : 9781847398062

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2011

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Revue de presse

‘French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and her pixie-like consort made an unnamed government official wait while they enjoyed a canoodle, according to a new book by Newsweek’s editor Jonathan Alter. He says Carla confided as much to U.S First Lady Michelle Obama’
Daily Mail 12/5

‘Carla Bruni is not getting enough sex with her president husband. Nicolas Sarkozy, 55, is usually too busy to fulfil his 42-year-old wife’s “physical needs”. The claims are made in a new book by Newsweek editor Jonathan Alter, 52’
Daily Star 12/5

‘According to a new book by American journalist Jonathan Alter, the French First Lady and Mrs Obama discussed their sex lives at a meeting in the USA’
Sunday Daily Star 9/5

‘A fascinating account of Barack Obama’s temper – at odds with his public image of cool unflappability – emerged yesterday in a new book. That the President’s biggest outburst involved Afghanistan provided the clearest insight yet into the divisions inside his war Cabinet over the country. In The Promise: President Obama, Year One, the author Jonathan Alter describes a series of private explosions by Mr Obama, with his most enraged flare-up directed at General Stanley McChrystal, his ground commander in Afghanistan’
The Times 10/5

‘Ex supermodel Carla, 42, now a singer, made the steamy revelation to US First Lady Michelle Obama in a chat about their sex lives during a state visit, according to a new book about the Obama presidency’
Sunday Mirror 9/5

‘First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is said to have kept the Queen waiting while she had sex. Carla, 42, told Michelle Obama she was making love with hubby Nicolas, the French President, a new book claims’
The Sun 10/5

‘Randy French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni kept the Queen waiting while they had sex, an author claims. Stunning ex-model Carla, 42, is said to have made the steamy revelation to America’s first lady Michelle Obama during a girly chat. US journalist Jonathan Alter writes in a new book about Barrack Obama: “Bruni wanted to know if, like them, Michelle and the President had ever kept anyone waiting that way. Michelle laughed nervously and said no.” The book, The Promise, insists it was a head of state the frolicking Sarkozys kept waiting’
The People 9/5
‘Alter’s book is an incredible document, full of information that in less distinguished hands might be called gossip. We are party to Obama’s known view of his setbacks, and to the behind-the-scenes battle over healthcare reform – Obama pursued it, Alter shows, against the wishes of every single one of his advisers’
Four stars, Telegraph 29/5
'Gripping and revealing' Leeds Guide

Présentation de l'éditeur

Alter, a native of Chicago who has known Obama and his circle for nearly a decade, provides a fast-paced inside account of the breakneck speed with which President-elect Obama, and then President Obama, began making critical decisions and assuming the burdens of office amid the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression.
With dozens of exclusive details about everything from the selection of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state to the president's secrets for running a good meeting, Alter paints a fresh and often surprising portrait of a highly disciplined and self-aware president and his colourful team. We see a young president of extraordinary temperament grappling with the task of stimulating the economy, bailing out large banks, taking over the American auto industry, making the crucial decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan, deciding whether to negotiate with Iran about its nuclear program, and fighting for a major reform of the country's health care system. Alter explains what Obama is like in private, how he operates, and why he is so insistent on leading the country and the world into a new era of wrenching change.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1847398065
• ISBN 13: 9781847398062
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496