{"product_id":"the-world-as-it-is-a-memoir-of-the-obama-white-house-9780525509356","title":"The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  From one of Barack Obamas most trusted aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidencyand how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive.  The closest view of Obama were likely to get until he publishes his own memoir.George Packer  The New Yorker  NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN  For nearly ten years  Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administrationfirst as a speechwriter  then as deputy national security advisor  and finally as a multipurpose aide and close collaborator. He started every morning in the Oval Office with the Presidents Daily Briefing  traveled the world with Obama  and was at the center of some of the most consequential and controversial moments of the presidency. Now he tells the full story of his partnershipand  ultimately  friendshipwith a man who also happened to be a historic president of the United States.  Rhodes was not your typical presidential confidant  and this is not your typical White House memoir. Rendered in vivid  novelistic detail by someone who was a writer before he was a staffer  this is a rare look inside the most poignant  tense  and consequential moments of the Obama presidencywaiting out the bin Laden raid in the Situation Room  responding to the Arab Spring  reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran  leading secret negotiations with the Cuban government to normalize relations  and confronting the resurgence of nationalism and nativism that culminated in the election of Donald Trump.  In The World as It Is  Rhodes shows what it was like to be therefrom the early days of the Obama campaign to the final hours of the presidency. It is a story populated by such characters as Susan Rice  Samantha Power  Hillary Clinton  Bob Gates  andabove allBarack Obama  who comes to life on the page in moments of great urgency and disarming intimacy. This is the most vivid portrayal yet of Obamas worldview and presidency  a chronicle of a political education by a writer of enormous talent  and an essential record of the forces that shaped the last decade.  Praise for The World as It Is  A book that reflects the president Rhodes servedintelligent  amiable  compelling and principled . . . a classic coming-of-age story  about the journey from idealism to realism  told with candor and immediacy . . . His achievement is rare for a political memoir: He has written a humane and honorable book.Joe Klein  The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648077520949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0525509356","price":41.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780525509356.jpg?v=1781708764","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-world-as-it-is-a-memoir-of-the-obama-white-house-9780525509356","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}