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James Mann

James Mann is a Fellow-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. His books include The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power and Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush’s War Cabinet. (September 2018)

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President Obama during taping for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, April 2013; photograph by Pete Souza from his book Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents, to be published by Little, Brown in October

Bliss Was It in That Dawn to Be Alive

The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House

by Ben Rhodes

September 27, 2018 issue

Donald Trump

Damage Bigly

Other presidents have aspired to become moral leaders; Trump has become America’s chief thug.

January 18, 2018 issue

Donald Trump and adults

The Adults in the Room

What does it mean that most of Trump’s so-called grownups come from the military?

October 26, 2017 issue

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