警告：這是一本摘要書，旨在與巴拉克·奧巴馬（Barack Obama）的引人入勝的故事《應許之地》（A Promised Land）相協調，而不是取代它。
《許諾之地》是一部引人入勝的，深刻的個人歷史著作，它源於總統，他啟發了我們相信民主的力量。
巴拉克·奧巴馬（Barack Obama）講述了他從印尼和夏威夷的小男孩開始的那段不太可能的旅程的故事。他在預科學校的時間表現出比起學習來，更喜歡跳投和聚會。我們在馬克思主義公認的影響下經歷了他的大學生涯，進入哈佛法學院並擔任《法律評論》主席-這將以他在《紐約時報》上的大量著述來開啟他的政治生涯。
在備受期待的激動人心的總統回憶錄第一卷中，巴拉克·奧巴馬講述了從年輕人尋求自由身份到自由世界領袖的難以置信的奧德賽故事，他以驚人的個人細節描述了他的政治教育和標誌性的時刻。他歷史性總統任期的第一屆-充滿戲劇性轉變和動蕩的時期。
從最初的政治願望到關鍵的愛荷華州核心會議勝利，奧巴馬帶領讀者踏上了一段引人入勝的旅程，這一勝利展示了基層激進主義的力量，直到2008年11月4日當選美國第44任總統，成為第一位非洲人美國人擔任全美最高職務。
在對總統職位進行反思時，他對總統權力的超凡影響力和局限性進行了獨特而周到的探索，並對美國游擊黨政治和國際外交的動態提出了獨到的見解。奧巴馬將讀者帶到橢圓形辦公室和白宮情況室，以及莫斯科，開羅和北京等地。當他組裝內閣，與全球金融危機搏鬥，採取弗拉基米爾·普京的措施，克服看似無法克服的機率以確保《負擔得起的醫療法案》獲得通過，與將軍們就美國在阿富汗的戰略發生衝突時，我們對他的想法一無所知。進行街道改革，以應對深水地平線號（Deepwater Horizon）毀滅性的井噴，並授權海王星行動（Neptune）的長矛行動（Spear），這導致烏薩馬·本·拉登（Osama bin Laden）喪生。
“應許之地”極其親密和內省，一個人用歷史博彩的故事，一個在世界舞台上經受考驗的社區組織者的信念。奧巴馬坦率地認為，作為黑人美國人競選公職的平衡舉動，承載著一代人對“希望與變革”的信息提振的期望，並應對高風險決策的道德挑戰。他對國內外反對他的力量持坦率的態度，對白宮的生活如何影響他的妻子和女兒持開放態度，並毫不畏懼地表現出自我懷疑和失望。然而，他從未動搖過自己的信念，即在正在進行的偉大美國試驗中，進步始終是可能的。
這本寫得精美而有力的書抓住了巴拉克·奧巴馬（Barack Obama）的信念，即民主不是崇高的天賦，而是建立在同理心和共同理解基礎上，日積月累的東西。
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Warning: This is a summary book, intended to harmonize with Barack Obama’s compelling story, A Promised Land, not to replace it.
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making, A Promised Land arises from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.
Barack Obama relates the story of his unlikely journey starting as a young boy in Indonesia and Hawaii. His time in prep school showed more passion for his jump-shot and partying than studying. We experience his college years under the admitted influence of Marxism, and into Harvard Law and as the President of the Law Review-- which would launch his political career with a substantial write-up in The New York Times.
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.