Lexington Books
Pages: 196
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-4985-5605-7 • Hardback • March 2018 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-4985-5607-1 • Paperback • September 2019 • $43.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-4985-5606-4 • eBook • March 2018 • $41.50 • (£35.00)
Anthony Neal is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Buffalo State College.
Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework
Chapter 2: A Clear and Present Black Man
Chapter 3: We are the Ones: The 2008 Obama Coalition
Chapter 3: “Inevitable Compromise:” Domestic Policy Part I
Chapter 4: Domestic Policy Part I: Inevitable Compromise
Chapter 5: A Connotation of Peace: Obama’s First Term Foreign Policy
Chapter 6: History Strikes Twice: The 2012 Reelection of President Barack Obama
Chapter 7: The Audacity to Govern: Domestic Policy Part II
Chapter 8: The Art of Just War: Obama’s Second Term Foreign Policy
Chapter 9: The Anti-Obama Political Complex
Chapter 10: The Passion of President Obama: Last Comments, Remarks, and Speeches
Chapter 11: Epilogue as Prologue: Assessing the Skinny Kid with a Funny Name
In a presidential era marked by irreverent and ill-conceived tweets, post-truth politics and oratory mishaps we need a dose of The Oral Presidency of Barack Obama! Neal reminds us of what we are missing with his thoughtful analysis of the speeches of Barack Obama.
— Erika D. Gault, University of Arizona
Dr. Neal’s love for writing, history, and politics are combined in this must-read book that takes the reader back in time to the present day—a journey that reviews history, the impact of certain actions in history, and how those actions impacted our country and the presidency of Barack Obama. The detailed review of Obama’s life timeline gives you a front seat on who he was, what he struggled with, and what he brought to the Presidency. This well documented and researched book gives you a glimpse into what it took to keep hope alive and to have Obama become President. This book leaves you thinking what will it take to heal our past as a country.
— Rubina F. Malik, Morehouse College