Barack Obama Has Finally Finished His Book

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A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy

In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.

Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,” and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.
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A writer well known for taking his sweet time on projects has finally completed a manuscript. This is not an unusual development in the publishing world, but when that writer is Barack Obama, it counts as news.

Obama announced on Thursday morning that his long-awaited third book, titled In a Promised Land, will at last be out on November 17 — two weeks after a presidential election that will either serve as a major boon to his legacy or a further repudiation of it.

The book, Obama’s third after Dreams From My Father in 1995 and The Audacity of Hope in 2006, is 768 pages long, and is part one of two planned volumes. The New York Times reports that In a Promised Land will cover Obama’s “early political life,” and most of the first half of his presidency, wrapping up with the assassination of Osama bin Laden in 2011.

Obama, who is not known for his speed when it comes to written assignments, signed a blockbuster book deal, along with Michelle Obama, in February 2017, just after President Trump was inaugurated. His wife beat him to the printing presses by two years; her book Becoming came out in November 2018, and quickly became the best-selling title of that year, selling more than 10 million copies in a few months. (Barack has said that Michelle benefited from the help of a ghostwriter, while he wrote his new book entirely.)

The release date appears to be something of a gamble. If President Trump wins reelection, the appetite for reading a thoughtful reflection on his forerunner’s time in office — which already feels like it happened on a different planet — may be diminished. Still, there’s no doubt that reader interest will be sky-high either way. Crown, Obama’s publisher, is expecting a massive best seller, ordering up an initial printing of 3 million copies.
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fukk him, he didn't do shyt to stem the rise of white nationalism when he was in office and gave us trump. He was too busy calling blacks thugs and signing blue lives matter laws.
 
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