Jonathan Alter
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Pub. Date
2020.
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Alter tells the story Jimmy Carter, whose presidency put him at the center of major events in the 20th; and his efforts on conflict resolution and global health put him on the cutting edge of the challenges of the 21st. Drawing on fresh archival material and five years of extensive access to Carter and his entire family, Alter traces Carter from a timid, bookish child to an obscure, born-again governor whose 1976 campaign took him from zero percent...
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c2006
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xvi, 415 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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This is the story of a political miracle--the perfect match of man and moment. FDR took office in 1933 as America touched bottom. Banks were closing, millions of people lost everything--the Great Depression had caused a national breakdown. Journalist Alter brings us closer than ever before to the Roosevelt magic. Facing the gravest crisis since the Civil War, instead of circumventing Congress and becoming the dictator so many thought they needed,...
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Veteran journalist and author of the bestselling The Defining Moment, Jonathan Alter's portrait of Barack Obama-and his close-knit team-is the first intimate look at a president and an administration that took authority even before the inauguration. Alter is the author of the extravagantly praised account of FDR's first months in office, The Defining Moment. Alter, a native of Chicago who has known Obama and his circle for nearly a decade, provides...
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From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration. The election of 2012 will be remembered as a hinge of history. With huge victories in the 2010 midterm elections the Republican Party had blocked President Obama at every turn and made plans to wrench the country sharply to the...