The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House

From one of Barack Obama's closest aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidency-and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive-in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House.
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For nearly ten years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administration-first as a speechwriter, then as deputy national security advisor, and finally as a multipurpose aide and close colla...