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Leading from Behind audiobook
- By: Richard Miniter
- Narrator: Richard Miniter
- Category: 21st Century, History, United States
- Length: 9 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: August 21, 2012
- Language: English
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Leading from Behind Audiobook Summary
Barack Obama has never been fully vetted–until now.
In the New York Times bestselling Leading from Behind, investigative journalist Richard Miniter presents the first book to explore President Obama’s abilities as a leader, by unearthing new details of his biggest successes and failures. Based on exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, Leading from Behind investigates the secret world of the West Wing and the combative personalities that shape historic events.
Contrary to the White House narrative, which aims to define Obama as a visionary leader, Leading from Behind reveals a president who is indecisive, moody, and often paralyzed by competing political considerations. Many victories–as well as several significant failures–during the Obama presidency are revealed to be the work of strong women, who led when the president did not: then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; and Valerie Jarrett, his closest adviser and an Obama family confidante, whose unusual degree of influence has been a source of conflict with veteran political insiders.
In Leading from Behind, you will learn:
* Why Obama’s relationship with Israel was poisoned years before he met Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
* The real reason for Valerie Jarrett’s strong hold over both Barack and Michelle Obama
* ObamaCare wasn’t Obama’s idea. It was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s. And the real reason he danced to her tune.
* Obama delayed and canceled the mission to kill Osama bin Laden three times and then committed an intelligence blunder that allowed dozens of high-level members of al Qaeda to escape.
* Why Obama destroyed a secret budget deal with House Speaker John Boehner that would have reformed entitlements, slashed spending, and reduced the national debt–without raising taxes
* Why Obama is determined to save Attorney General Eric Holder, even though he has mislead and stonewalled Congress about “Operation: Fast and Furious”
* Why Obama decided to defy the Tea Party and ditch his plans to end earmarks
In Leading from Behind, Richard Miniter’s provocative research offers a dramatic, thoroughly sourced account of President Obama’s White House during a time of intense domestic controversy and international turmoil.
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Leading from Behind Audiobook Narrator
Richard Miniter is the narrator of Leading from Behind audiobook that was written by Richard Miniter
Richard Miniter is the author of three top-ten New York Times bestsellers, Losing Bin Laden and Shadow War, as well as Mastermind, the first biography of 9/11 planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. He writes a column for Forbes.com. A former editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in Brussels, member of the investigative team at The Sunday Times in London, and editorial-page editor of the Washington Times, Miniter has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, as well as The Atlantic, Reader’s Digest, Newsweek, The New Republic, and National Review. He has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. He has won awards from the National Press Club and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (shared). He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
About the Author(s) of Leading from Behind
Richard Miniter is the author of Leading from Behind
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Leading from Behind Full Details
| Narrator | Richard Miniter |
| Length | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Author | Richard Miniter |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | August 21, 2012 |
| ISBN | 9781427236906 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Leading from Behind is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is 21st Century, History, United States
Additional info
The publisher of the Leading from Behind is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781427236906.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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