- Hardcover: 464 pages
- Publisher: Harper (11 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061733636
- ISBN-13: 978-0061733635
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.3 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 201,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The best American journalism can stand comparison with any. Game Change is about as good as it gets - in the tradition of All The President's Men.
This is a blow-by-blow, almost day-by-day account of the 2008 US Presidential election, from the battle for nomination right up to the doors of the White House. Of course, we know from the outset how it will end but that gives the book its architecture. What is fascinating is the uncovering of the foundations, the bricks, the plaster, above all the emotion and the drama of the days when this or that edifice - Obama or Clinton, Obama or McCain - almost comes tumbling down, until at last one does. The race is starkly winner-takes-all, though in Hillary Clinton's case there is a substantial consolation prize.
The reviewer who raises an eyebrow at "unsubstantiated hearsay" may have skipped the Authors' Note. This makes clear that the basis for the book was "more than three hundred interviews with more than two hundred people ... in sessions that often stretched over several hours." Reasons for the authenticity of quoted dialogue are set out in detail. Certain thoughts or feelings are characterised by the use of italics. This is serious and responsible journalism. If Obama inevitably emerges as the hero, he does not do so free from criticism.
By the end, the reader will know what it was like in intimate detail for all the participants, major and minor. This is one of those rare volumes for which five stars seem inadequate.
This is a blow-by-blow, almost day-by-day account of the 2008 US Presidential election, from the battle for nomination right up to the doors of the White House. Of course, we know from the outset how it will end but that gives the book its architecture. What is fascinating is the uncovering of the foundations, the bricks, the plaster, above all the emotion and the drama of the days when this or that edifice - Obama or Clinton, Obama or McCain - almost comes tumbling down, until at last one does. The race is starkly winner-takes-all, though in Hillary Clinton's case there is a substantial consolation prize.
The reviewer who raises an eyebrow at "unsubstantiated hearsay" may have skipped the Authors' Note. This makes clear that the basis for the book was "more than three hundred interviews with more than two hundred people ... in sessions that often stretched over several hours." Reasons for the authenticity of quoted dialogue are set out in detail. Certain thoughts or feelings are characterised by the use of italics. This is serious and responsible journalism. If Obama inevitably emerges as the hero, he does not do so free from criticism.
By the end, the reader will know what it was like in intimate detail for all the participants, major and minor. This is one of those rare volumes for which five stars seem inadequate.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I had no problem picturing the events in this book appearing as a story arc in the tv program The West Wing.
Such was the excellent descriptive writing of the authors. Of course this was real life not fiction, and as a previous reviewer has pointed out we already knew the ending. That didn't matter this was still a page turner, if you have the remotest interest in politics or human beings (although maybe politicians don't count as such) then this book is worth a read.
The main characters are all international figures so you don't need to be American to enjoy it. Obama and the rest of the cast come across as real people with motives and agendas, not the cyphers that they normally appear when soundbites are needed. It provides a real insight into what goes on behind the scenes and I'm sure that if the facts were wrong lawers would have already made an appearance.
As you may have guessed I really enjoyed this bookGame Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime and along with the 2 Andrew Rawnsley books taggedThe End of the Party and Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour
I feel much clearer on some of the political events in recent history effecting both the UK and USA.
Such was the excellent descriptive writing of the authors. Of course this was real life not fiction, and as a previous reviewer has pointed out we already knew the ending. That didn't matter this was still a page turner, if you have the remotest interest in politics or human beings (although maybe politicians don't count as such) then this book is worth a read.
The main characters are all international figures so you don't need to be American to enjoy it. Obama and the rest of the cast come across as real people with motives and agendas, not the cyphers that they normally appear when soundbites are needed. It provides a real insight into what goes on behind the scenes and I'm sure that if the facts were wrong lawers would have already made an appearance.
As you may have guessed I really enjoyed this bookGame Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime and along with the 2 Andrew Rawnsley books taggedThe End of the Party and Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour
I feel much clearer on some of the political events in recent history effecting both the UK and USA.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A fascinating insight into the background of an American Presidential Election campaign with vignettes of all the principal contenders and their supporters, to whom few readers will be enamoured.
It is apparent that only very large sums of money will pave the way to the White House.
It is apparent that only very large sums of money will pave the way to the White House.
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interesting book
fascinating insight into the election campaign leeding up to
Obama being elected and the way the US elect their presidents
Obama being elected and the way the US elect their presidents
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Recommended for everybody interested in politics and the drama when the leader of the U.S.A. is elected.
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