But it also shows us what it means to hold the pen, and to write the words that change our world. The World as It Is - by Ben Rhodes (Paperback) 11.89When purchased online In Stock Add to cart About this item Specifications Dimensions (Overall): 7. It is an essential record of the last decade. This is the most vivid portrayal yet of Obama’s presidency. Rhodes puts us in the room at the most tense and poignant moments in recent history: starting every morning with Obama in the Daily Briefing waiting out the bin Laden raid in the Situation Room reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran leading secret negotiations with the Cuban government confronting the resurgence of nationalism that led to the election of Donald Trump. For nearly ten years, Rhodes was at the centre of the Obama Administration – first as a speechwriter, then a policymaker, and finally a multi-purpose aide and close collaborator. Chosen for his original perspective and gift with language, his role was to help shape the nation’s hopes and sense of itself. The World As It Is tells the full story of what it means to work alongside a radical leader of how idealism can confront reality and survive of how the White House really functions and of what it is to have a partnership, and ultimately a friendship, with a historic president.Ī young writer and Washington outsider, Ben Rhodes was plucked from obscurity aged 29. This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. ‘A classic coming-of-age story, about the journey from idealism to realism, told with candor and immediacy’
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