The Promise: President Obama, Year One

by Jonathan Alter

Book Overview

Barack Obama's inauguration as president on January 20, 2009, inspired the world. But the great promise of "Change We Can Believe In" was immediately tested by the threat of another Great Depression, a worsening war in Afghanistan, and an entrenched and deeply partisan system of business as usual in Washington. Despite all the coverage, the backstory of Obama's historic first year in office has until now remained a mystery. In The Promise: President...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439101191
• ISBN13: 9781439101193
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.5"