Obama on the couch : inside the mind of the president / Justin A. Frank.

Analyzes Barack Obama's behavior to explain the apparent disconnect between his campaign promises and presidential choices, drawing on factors from his past to illuminate the role of unconscious thoughts on the administration of his policies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank, Justin A.
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2011.
Edition:First Free Press hardcover edition.
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Physical Description:ix, 269 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Born in two: healing the Black/white divide
  • Abandoned and assuaged
  • Accommodator in chief
  • Calming words
  • The only thing we have to fear is change itself
  • If Obama were his own patient
  • The achiever
  • The company he keeps
  • Their Obama: Obama in the mind of his critics
  • Our Obama or my president/ my selves
  • Osama.