Barack Obama in Hawai‘i and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President
- ISBN-10
- 0313385343
- ISBN-13
- 9780313385346
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-09-22
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- Dinesh Sharma
Description
Distinguishing itself from the mass of political biographies of Barack Obama, this first interdisciplinary study of Obama's Indonesian and Hawai‘ian years examines their effect on his adult character, political identity, and global world-view. • Foreword • Photographs • Timelines • Figures • Appendices
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