Obama on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks

by John D. Graham and John D. Graham

Book Overview

The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation's 240-year history, is of special interest. Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since the Great Depression. On the political front, he would be challenged by the intense congressional polarization faced by Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, exacerbated by the rise of the Tea Party movement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253021030
• ISBN13: 9780253021038
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher