How Obama Governed: The Year of Crisis and Challenge
by Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A hard hitting look at the challenges that the nation’s first African-American president faced from within and without in his first term in the White House. Hutchinson details the conflicts and clashes with the GOP on everything from foreign policy to the budget to racial matters. It’s a riveting expose of what it took for Obama to establish his presidency and mastery of governance when confronted with towering obstacles.