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What It Takes
- The Way to the White House
- De: Richard Ben Cramer
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 54 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 134
An American Iliad in the guise of contemporary political reportage, What It Takes penetrates the mystery at the heart of all presidential campaigns: How do presumably ordinary people acquire that mixture of ambition, stamina, and pure shamelessness that makes a true candidate? As he recounts the frenzied course of the 1988 presidential race, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer comes up with the answers, in a book that is vast, exhaustively researched, exhilarating, and sometimes appalling in its revelations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great political book
- De Hebern en 09-11-20
- What It Takes
- The Way to the White House
- De: Richard Ben Cramer
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
One of my absolute favorite books and readers
Revisado: 06-13-21
Truly a joy to listen to. Great insights into the candidates and process abound throughout.
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Who Let the Dogs In?
- Incredible Political Animals I Have Known
- De: Molly Ivins
- Narrado por: Molly Ivins
- Duración: 4 h y 58 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 22
The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America’s most amazing and outlandish politicians–the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witless–drawn from more than twenty years of reporting on the folks who attempt to run our government (in some cases, into the ground). Who Let the Dogs In? takes us on a wild ride through two decades of political life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I miss Molly Ivins.
- De Anonymous en 02-01-18
- Who Let the Dogs In?
- Incredible Political Animals I Have Known
- De: Molly Ivins
- Narrado por: Molly Ivins
I miss Molly Ivins.
Revisado: 02-01-18
Molly Ivins was an absolute treasure and her with and wisdom sparkle to this day.
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The Obamians
- The Struggle inside the White House to Redefine American Power
- De: James Mann
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 14 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 12
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 12
When Barack Obama took office, he brought with him a new group of foreign policy advisors intent on carving out a new global role for America in the wake of the Bush administration’s war in Iraq. Now the acclaimed author of Rise of the Vulcans offers a definitive, even-handed account of the messier realities they’ve faced in implementing their policies. In The Obamians, acclaimed author James Mann tells the compelling story of the administration’s struggle to enact a coherent and effective set of policies in a time of global turmoil.
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4 out of 5 stars
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TO THE POINT
- De Jonathan Gonzalez-Montelongo en 01-30-15
- The Obamians
- The Struggle inside the White House to Redefine American Power
- De: James Mann
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
An excellent book on Obama's foreign policy
Revisado: 01-15-13
This book does for Obama's foreign policy what Jeffrey Toobin's "The Oath" does for the Supreme Court under the Obama administration. It provides a contextualized account of not only the final decisions of the White House, and not only of the internal deliberations and disagreements between key players leading to those decisions, but also the historical context from which those arguments arose.
For example: The author, in discussing the range of foreign policy views, spends a few paragraphs to walk the listener through the history of how Vietnam effected the views of the Democratic party, what the role of decision makers has been in those arguments, and how those arguments effected the internal deliberations of the White House.
The book effectively brings the reader through the first 3 1/2 years or so of the Obama White House, including every major foreign policy event that occurred in that time. This is one of the gems that future historians will find invaluable in building a history of the Obama White House. An excellent read.
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