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

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From one of Barack Obama's most trusted aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidency-and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive.

"The closest view of Obama we're likely to get until he publishes his own memoir."-George Packer, The New Yorker

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR * ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

For nearly ten years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of t...