by White House
First published 2017
Barack Obama led America through eight transformative years from 2009 to 2017. The White House selected seventy key speeches from Obama's complete archive of 4,700 addresses. This official collection includes his State of the Union addresses, inaugural speeches, campaign remarks, international statements, and farewell address. The volume pairs these speeches with final administrative reports from January 2017. These reports examine Obama's policy achievements across economic recovery, environmental action, healthcare reform, social progress, and global leadership. The economic analysis focuses on Obama's response to the severest financial crisis since the Great Depression. His administration worked to prevent another Depression while tackling long-term challenges facing middle-class families. These included expensive healthcare, restricted educational opportunities, stagnant wages, and dependence on carbon-heavy energy. The book provides readers with primary source material to understand how Obama communicated his vision and documented his policy legacy.
Genres: biography, history, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: primary-sources
Setting: United States
Period: 2009-2017
394 pages · Paperback · Independently Published