Showdown, David Corn
Showdown, David Corn
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Showdown

Author: David Corn

Narrator: David Corn

Unabridged: 13 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/20/2012


Synopsis

Veteran journalist David Corn—Washington Bureau Chief for Mother Jones magazine and New York Times bestselling author of Hubris (with Michael Isikoff) and The Lies of George W. Bush—now brings us  Showdown, the dramatic inside story of Barack Obama’s fight to save his presidency. With Bob Woodward-esque insight and narrative flair, Corn takes readers into the White House and behind the political scenes during the beleaguered president’s pivotal third year, and explores the most earth-shaking events of the Obama presidency—from the game changing 2010 elections to the Arab Spring, the debt ceiling battle with Congressional Republicans, the killing of Osama bin Laden and beyond.

About David Corn

David Corn is a veteran Washington, DC, journalist who has written or co-written five New York Times bestsellers, including the No.1 bestseller Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump; Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War; and, most recently, American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy. He is the Washington, DC, bureau chief of Mother Jones, and an MSNBC analyst. He has won the George Polk Award and a National Magazine Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

Covering the period from the mid-term elections of 2010 to 2012, David Corn offers readers a look inside the Obama Administration through a host of battles. The overall takeaway is that Obama seriously wants to be the adult in the room in DC and tries his best to fulfill that mission. There is a lot......more

Goodreads review by Donna

For a political news junkie like me, this book was a terrific find! I followed the events of the first three years of the Obama presidency as closely as possible, for someone not living in the nation's capital and not being on a first-name basis with major players. In Showdown, David Corn filled in......more