The Obamians: The Struggle inside the White House to Redefine American Power Audiobook

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• “James Mann gives us valuable insight into the crafting of American foreign policy in President Obama’s administration. He takes us behind the scenes and into the room where decisions are made on some of the most critical issues of our times.”

  — Nancy Pelosi

• “Following up on his book on President Bush’s foreign policy advisors, James Mann provides an equally insightful look at the team around President Obama, including the bright young advisors who have remained little known. His book shows how carefully calibrated the administration’s policy has been and the key role that Obama has played himself.”

  — Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs

• “To Mann, an Obama-led America has tried to tell the world what it stands for, as well as what it’s against. His foreign policy has had some notable successes, from the airtight secrecy before launching the raid that killed Osama bin Laden to intervening in Libya without making a lasting American commitment. According to Mann, Obama’s goal of ‘rebalancing’ American foreign policy has largely succeeded, creating a relatively positive footing for ‘an era when American primacy is no longer taken for granted.’”

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Mann offers historic perspective on US foreign policy through the Cold War era, Vietnam War, Reagan presidency, and current war on terrorism. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of prominent government officials, Mann offers a behind-the-scenes look at policy deliberations in the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and CIA as foreign policy is debated in the context of domestic issues and geopolitics and US policy adjusts to the reality of limited resources.”

  — Booklist

• “Writing about a topic as abstruse as foreign policy, Mann avoids getting bogged down in wonky detail and crafts an absorbing narrative as much about the personalities as the policy itself. This book is for serious and thoughtful readers of any political persuasion looking for in-depth information on Obama’s foreign policy thus far.”

  — Library Journal

• “Mann proves to be a deft, discerning reporter…Future historians will surely rely heavily on Mann’s work.”

  — Kirkus Reviews