The Promise

Description:

Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut. In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader.

subjects: Politics and government,  Friends and associates,  Presidents,  Biography,  nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2010-06-06,  New York Times bestseller,  Obama, barack, 1961-,  United states, politics and government, 2009-2017,  Government executives,  Political leadership

People: Barack Obama

Places: United States

Times: 2009-