Before the oath : how George W. Bush and Barack Obama managed a transfer of power / Martha Joynt Kumar.

"It's one of the hallmarks of American democracy: on inauguration day, the departing president heeds the will of the people and hands the keys to power to a successor. The transition from one administration to the next sounds simple, even ceremonial. But in 2009, as President George W. Bus...

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Main Author: Kumar, Martha Joynt (Author)
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Published: Baltimore, Maryland : John Hopkins University Press, 2015.
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