Renegade: The Making of Barack Obama

Renegade: The Making of Barack Obama

Wolffe, Richard

     

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Издательство: Virgin Publishing
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7535-1978-3
Объём: 384 страниц
Обложка: мягкая

Before the White House, Air Force One and the Secret Service codename "Renegade", before the TV ads, the enormous rallies and G20, there was the real Baraek Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for president, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics. "Renegade" is the first inside story of how a political newcomer with no money and an outsider`s name grew into the world`s most powerful leader. During his presidential campaign, Obama told British political reporter Richard Wolffe, "You`ll get more access than anyone else", resulting in over a dozen exclusive interviews as well as many off-the-record conversations. With that unrivalled access to Obama`s inner circle, Wolffe shares with us his front row seat. We fly on the candidate`s plane and ride in his bus across a country in crisis; we stand next to him at a bar on the night he secures the nomination; and feel the tension backstage as