A Promised Land de Barack Obama (version originale en anglais)

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.