The amateur: Barack Obama in the White House

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Think you know the real Barack Obama? You don’t—not until you’ve read The Amateur. In this stunning exposé, bestselling author Edward Klein—a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, former foreign editor of Newsweek, and former editor-in-chief of the New York Times Magazine—pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive White Houses in history. He reveals a callow, thin-skinned, arrogant president with messianic dreams of grandeur supported by a cast of true-believers, all of them united by leftist politics and an amateurish understanding of executive leadership. Title Page ALSO BY EDWARD KLEIN Dedication Introduction PROLOGUE PART I - CHICAGO, THAT TODDLIN’ TOWN CHAPTER 1 - HOLLOW AT THE CORE CHAPTER 2 - A GHOSTLY PRESENCE CHAPTER 3 - “YOU KEEP OUT OF THIS!” CHAPTER 4 - “YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER WHEN POLITICIANS MAKE PROMISES” CHAPTER 5 - THE MAN WHO PREPARED OBAMA FOR THE PRESIDENCY PART II - AMATEUR HOUR AT THE WHITE HOUSE CHAPTER 6 - DRINKING THE OBAMA KOOL-AID CHAPTER 7 - BUNGLER-IN-CHIEF CHAPTER 8 - CLARK KENT CHAPTER 9 - GROUND ZERO CHAPTER 10 - VALERIE V. RAHM CHAPTER 11 - THE WRATH OF MICHELLE CHAPTER 12 - OUT TO LUNCH PART III - WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE CHAPTER 13 - OPRAH’S SACRIFICE CHAPTER 14 - SNUBBING CAROLINE CHAPTER 15 - THE JEWISH PROBLEM WITH OBAMA CHAPTER 16 - ALL IN THE FAMILY PART IV - THE OBAMA DOCTRINE CHAPTER 17 - THE WAR ON GENERAL JONES CHAPTER 18 - MIND-MELD CHAPTER 19 - THE RISE OF THE HUMANITARIAN VULCANS PART V - A ONE-TERM PROPOSITION? CHAPTER 20 - THE “NEW OBAMA” CHAPTER 21 - IN SEARCH OF THE REAL OBAMA CHAPTER 22 - THE LOW ROAD Acknowledgments SOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Copyright Page