Barack Obama: Conservative, Pragmatist, Progressive

by burton i kaufman and Burton I. Kaufman

In this insightful biography, Burton I. Kaufman explores how the political career of Barack Obama was marked by conservative tendencies that frustrated his progressive supporters and gave the lie to socialist fearmongering on the right. Obama's was a landmark presidency that paradoxically, Kaufman shows, resulted in few, if any, radical shifts in policy.

Following his election, President Obama's supporters and detractors anticipated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501761978
• ISBN13: 9781501761973
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up