full of compelling narrative & telling anecdotes' Sunday Times'well-researched & engaging' The Financial Times outstanding' Washington Postone of the best reporters working in Washington today' Jane Mayerincredibly important timely & deeply revelatory' Kai Birdvivid page-turning' Michael Beschloss As Donald Trump becomes the new American president we are on the point of a major debate about America's role in the world Barack Obama & 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 & 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 & gives us a different way to think about the relationship between Obama & Hillary that shaped the US over the last eight years With all the sweep of a grand history enlivened by an insider's access dozens of interviews & breaking news ALTER EGOS is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand these two supremely ambitious figures & the storm-tossed world of modern politics