The World As It Is

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This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world One is Barack Obama The other is Ben Rhodes 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.A young writer and Washington outsider, Ben Rhodes was plucked from obscurity aged 29 Chosen for his original perspective and gift with language, his role was to help shape the nation s hopes and sense of itself 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.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.This is the most vivid portrayal yet of Obama s presidency It is an essential record of the last decade But it also shows us what it means to hold the pen, and to write the words that change our world. Read The World As It Is By Ben Rhodes – kino-fada.fr Progress doesn t move in a straight line Ben Rhodes, The World as It Is A Memoir of the Obama White House Fellow fans of Pod Save America will recognize Ben Rhodes from his many visits to the podcast, others will know his name as that of Obama s Deputy Security Advisor and confidante This book is sold as Rhodes memoir, but it is reallythe story of the way his life wrapped around the eight years he worked in the White House This book is very well written and though long, engaging fro Progress doesn t move in a straight line Ben Rhodes, The World as It Is A Memoir of the Obama White House Fellow fans of Pod Save America will recognize Ben Rhodes from his man...Man this book was frustrating on a few levels 1 Because I so badly miss the obama administration s unassailable good faith and their desire to actually not do stupid shit 2 Because they did do so much stupid shit because they misunderstood the other side Either Assad in Syria, the Republicans, Trump, Bibi, etc Obama was way too chill to fight 3 The entire focus seemed to be on foreign policy and that s too bad because there was so much to be fixed on the domestic front 4 How naive t Man this book was frustrating on a few levels 1 Because I so badly miss the obama administration s unassailable...Ben Rhodes The World As It Is Inside the Obama White House was a long read, took me bit longer to finish than I d liked but an excellent read, engaging from start to finish Rhodes is a fantastic writer his gift of writing training in fiction writing didn t go unnoticed I think this will be as closest view of President Obama we ll get at least until he publishes his own memoir a well written, in depth, insightful, honest, vivid portrayal of Obama s presidency and his administra Ben Rhodes The World As It Is Inside the Obama White House was a long read, took me bit longer to finish than I d liked but an excellent read, engaging from start to finish Rhodes is a fantastic writer his gift of writing training in fiction writing didn t go unnoticed I think this will be as closest view of President Obama we ll get at least until he publishes his own memoir a well written, in depth, insightful, honest, vivid portrayal of Obama s presidency and his administration, from one of President Obama s closest, most trusted important aids, who had worked closely with him for 10 years It s also well balanced with author s personal life thoughts It s clear Rhodes has lot of admiration, love, and respect for President Obama, the administration, and our country, but he writes in a fair, honest, well balanced perspective, which I really appreciated it So although this book is Rhodes memoir, it slike memoir of President Obama Administration years, and ...We live in a cynical world, a cynical world, Gerald Jerry Maguire laments, his eyes welling with the pain of isolation Sure, he had a very big night a very very big night Rod Tidwell had an exceptional game He scored the winning touchdown leading the Arizona Cardinals into the playoffs, but that pales in comparison to this soul crushing cynicism that only the love of a good woman like Dorothy Boyd and her big headed son Ray can assuage.Cynicism could be th...I rarely read political memoirs, because so often they re one sidedly partisan and self serving They tend to lack any sense of balance For example, though I didn t read Hillary Clinton s book about the 2016 election, I saw enough reviews to know that its primary purpose was to deflect blame for her defeat entirely onto other people, when in fact she herself contributed to the loss in several ways Similarly, I have little hope for most of the dozens of tell all books that former Obama aides ar I rarely read political memoirs, because so often they re one sidedly partisan and self serving They tend to lack any sense of balance For example, though I didn t read Hillary Clinton s book about the 2016 election, I saw enough reviews to know that its primary purpose was to deflect blame for her defeat entirely onto other people, when in fact she herself contributed to the loss in several ways...The memoirs of Obama staffers are starting to come out now I enjoy reading these political insider memoirs I am aware they are biased to their own beliefs I attempt to stay neutral and read these memoirs from both sides of the political divide By doing this I hope to obtain a better understanding of the events.This one is by Ben Rhodes who was Obama s speechwriter and national security staffer The book provides a look inside the Obama years He states he is telling the story of the journey The memoirs of Obama staffers are starting to come out now I enjoy reading these political insider memoirs I am aware they are biased to their own beliefs I attempt to stay neutral and read these memoirs from both sides of the political divide By doing this I hope to obtain a better understanding of the events.This one is by Ben Rhodes who was Obama s speechwriter and national security staffer The book provides a look inside the...Rhodes was primarily a communications professional in the Obama White House, so it s not surprising at all that he s a great writer He made some really complicated foreign policy situations very accessible and as a career bureaucrat myself, I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the White House runs kind of like any other agency that I ve ever worked for, only on a much larger scale, must faster, with much higher stakes Two things that really stood out for me reading Rhodes memoir The first Rhodes was primarily a communications professional in the Obama White House, so it s not surprising at all that he s a great writer He made some really complicated foreign policy situations very accessible and as a career bureaucrat myself, I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the White House runs kind of like any other agency that I ve ever worked for, only on a much larger scale, must faster, with much higher stakes Two things that really stood out for me reading Rhodes memoir The first was his descriptions of and interactions with Obama the human not the President but a stressed out Chief executive who runs a massive organization and isn t always super well served by the people who work for him I ve always assumed that Obama was a quality human that genuinely cared about the work he was doing and the people around him and Rhodes certainly paints that picture What he also illuminates is th...As I was finishing Ben Rhodes memoir of his years with President Obama s first campaign and eight years in the White House, tears came to my eyes for what we have lost Rhodes was hired by the campaign for his foreign policy experience since he had worked for former Democratic Representative Lee Hamilton at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a DC think tank He takes us through the arc of his service from the very first time he helped with debate prep during the campaign to th As I was finishing Ben Rhodes memoir of his years with President Obama s first campaign and eight years in the White House, tears came to my eyes for what we have lost Rhodes was hired by the campaign for his foreign policy experience since he had worked for former Democratic Representative Le...Really, in what emotional stage is he now He said he would never win the election, rather she would win It turns out he won on the 8th of November 2016 So, he lost, so did she.https mobile.nytimes.com 2018 05 30An interesting and fluid read The book covers the entire Obama s candidature and terms in office, dwelling especially on foreign policy The narrative is coloured with personal stories and the author evolution on the job Highly recommended for peo...

The World As It Is
  • English
  • 27 October 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 480 pages
  • 1847925170
  • Ben Rhodes
  • The World As It Is