Alter Egos

full of compelling narrative and telling anecdotes Sunday Timeswell-researched and engaging The Financial Times outstanding Washington Postone of the best reporters working in Washington today Jane Mayerincredibly important. timely and deeply revelatory Kai Birdvivid, page-turning Michael BeschlossAs Donald Trump becomes the new American president, we are on the point of a major debate about Americas role in the world.Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were rivals who became partners for a time, trailblazers who share a common sense of their historic destiny but different instincts about how to project power. While Obama and Hillary tussled over foreign policy questions, their relationship has created the context that Trump will inherit.Mark Landler, White House correspondent for the New York Times, offers a deeply reported, first-hand account of the complex relationship between these two leaders and gives us a different way to think about the relationship between Obama and Hillary that shaped the US over the last eight years. With all the sweep of a grand history, enlivened by an insiders access, dozens of interviews, and breaking news, ALTER EGOS is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand these two supremely ambitious figures, and the storm-tossed world of modern politics.