Jonathan Alter

In The Promise, Jonathan Alter provides a fast-paced inside account of the breakneck speed with which Barack Obama began making critical decisions and assuming the burdens of office amid the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. With dozens of exclusive details about everything ... (more)from the selection of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state to the president’s personal secrets for running a good meeting, Alter paints a fresh and often surprising portrait of a highly disciplined and self-aware president and his team. Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek where he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large since 1991. Alter is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News.

Title: Defining Moment: FDR's 100 Days & the Triumph of HopeAuthor: Jonathan Alter

The Book Cellar Book Club meets to discuss The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, by Jonathan Alter. Glasses of wine are half-off, and all are welcome!