A Promised Land by Barack Obama

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

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Starting from a childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, Barack Obama carries you to May 2011 and the raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that killed Osama bin Laden. In between come Chicago organizing, the 2008 campaign, the financial crisis, the auto rescue and the Affordable Care Act.

Core ideas
  • Before the White House: Roughly the first 200 pages cover the years before the presidency, including the Illinois state senate and the 2004 convention keynote.
  • The 2008 race: Hillary Clinton, John McCain, questions of race on the campaign trail and the rise of Sarah Palin all figure in it.
  • Opposition and the world: Republican resistance and Trump's birther campaign sit alongside Deepwater Horizon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China.
Published2020
Pages768
ISBN9781524763183
ReadNov 2021

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