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Book Title: Overreach: Leadership In The Obama Presidency
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Publication Name: Overreach : Leadership in the Obama Presidency
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Political Process / General, History & Theory, Presidents & Heads of State, United States / 21st Century, American Government / General, American Government / Executive Branch
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Author: George C. Edwards III, George C. Edwards
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
