Preface
Introduction
Rating presidents and assessing Obama / Robert P. Watson
Rhetoric and image / Casey Malone Maugh
Obama's Lincoln: image to ideology / William D. Pederson
The optimist and the realist / R. Ward Holder
Obamania in Europe / Marie des Neiges Léonard
The first hundred days / Sean Savage
Relations with Congress / Max J. Skidmore
The firing of General Stanley McChrystal / Douglas M. Brattebo
The 2010 midterm election / Matthew N. Green
The u.s. auto industry rescue / Steven A. Stuglin
Environmental policy and global climate change / Byron W. Daynes & Glen Sussman
Food and agricultural policy / Julie A. Lester
Health care reform / Michael K. Gusmano
Response to the Gulf oil spill / Matthew A. Williams & Brian Richard
Inherited wars: Afghanistan and Iraq / Tom Lansford & Jack Covarrubias
Iran policy / Robert J. Pauly
China policy / De-Yuan Kao
Counterterrorism policy / Leonard Cutler
Obama, Libya, and war powers / Louis Fisher
The policy czar debate / Justin S. Vaughn & José D. Villalobos
The use of unilateral directives / Graham G. Dodds
Vice president Joe Biden / Richard M. Yon
First Lady Michelle Obama / Robert P. Watson
Conclusion.
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