OBAMA'S AMERICA by Carl T. Pedersen ( 9780748638949 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

OBAMA'S AMERICA
LEADING THE US IN A POST-AMERICAN WORLD

By:

Carl T. Pedersen

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0748638946

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9780748638949

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Publisher:

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

31 January, 2009

Pages:

224

Description:

This book explores the rise of Barack Obama and his vision of One America in the context of profound social and political changes in the US, and the potential transformation of American foreign policy in the post-Bush era.

Synopsis:

The year 2008 will be remembered as the moment when the US elected its first African American president. This revealing book seeks to place the extraordinary rise of Barack Obama within the larger context of a possible historic political realignment in the US and of limits to US power in the world. For 2008 also offered a number of history lessons that will surely inform studies of the election and its aftermath. Carl Pedersen's book is an attempt to engage with these history lessons. It examines the demographic changes that will likely change the nature of American national identity. And it assesses the extent to which the grassroots organizations that were crucial in winning the election for Obama may influence the way he will govern the nation. Obama's America also attempts to map out the contours of an Obama Doctrine in foreign policy by looking at how his identity has shaped his views on the role of the US in the world and how he, in turn, has been influenced by his foreign policy advisers. It examines the challenges Obama faces in confronting a post-American world in which the US is no longer the sole superpower. Will Obama be a transformative president?

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30 black & white illustrations

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Edinburgh University Press

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