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Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack Obama Managed a Transfer of Power
Martha Joynt Kumar
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Description for Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack Obama Managed a Transfer of Power
Paperback. Kumar's lively account of lessons learned and pitfalls encountered during past presidential transitions provides an essential road map for presidential aspirants and their advisers, as well as campaign workers, federal employees, and political appointees. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
It's one of the hallmarks of American democracy: on inauguration day, the departing president heeds the will of the people and hands the keys to power to a successor. The transition from one administration to the next sounds simple, even ceremonial. But in 2009, as President George W. Bush briefed President-elect Barack Obama about the ongoing wars and plummeting economy he'd soon inherit, the Bush team revealed that they were grappling with a late-breaking threat to the presidency: U.S. intelligence sources believed that a terror group with links to Al Qaeda planned to attack the National Mall during the inaugural ... Read more
It's one of the hallmarks of American democracy: on inauguration day, the departing president heeds the will of the people and hands the keys to power to a successor. The transition from one administration to the next sounds simple, even ceremonial. But in 2009, as President George W. Bush briefed President-elect Barack Obama about the ongoing wars and plummeting economy he'd soon inherit, the Bush team revealed that they were grappling with a late-breaking threat to the presidency: U.S. intelligence sources believed that a terror group with links to Al Qaeda planned to attack the National Mall during the inaugural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421416595
SKU
V9781421416595
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99-50
About Martha Joynt Kumar
Martha Joynt Kumar is a professor of political science at Towson University. She is the author of Managing the President's Message: The White House Communications Operation, winner of the American Political Science Association's 2008 Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award, and the coauthor of Portraying the President: The White House and the News Media
Reviews for Before the Oath: How George W. Bush and Barack Obama Managed a Transfer of Power
Highly recommended. All readership levels. k This book is highly recommended for the valuable data and the dissusions regarding the preperation and fulfillment of this important change of national management. M. G. Paregian