TY - BOOK AU - Alter,Jonathan TI - The promise: President Obama, year one SN - 1439101191 AV - 002 E 901.1 O12A 2011 U1 - 973.932092 PY - 2011/// CY - New York, NY PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Obama, Barack, KW - Obama, Barack KW - Obama, Barack, 1961- KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Politics and government KW - 2009- KW - Estados Unidos KW - PolĂ­tica y gobierno KW - 2001-2009 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Obama takes charge -- White House-in-waiting -- Grant Park -- The cabinet maker -- Picking Hillary -- Instant president -- Historic inauguration -- Sea legs -- Zen temperament -- Rahmbo -- The shovel brigade -- Larry and Tim -- The un-Bubba -- Global reset -- Tyrannosaurus Rx -- Professor-in-chief -- Off-hours -- The skinny guy and the fat cats -- Modus Obama -- "Don't blow it!" -- Chaos-istan -- The perfect and the good -- Epilogue N2 - Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut. In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010020438-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2010020438-b.html ER -