The Promise: President Obama, Year One

The Promise: President Obama, Year One is a book by Jonathan Alter describing US President Barack Obama's first year in office. In The Promise, Alter describes the many challenges the Obama administration faced in its first year: a troubled economy, passing health care reform, and the War in Afghanistan. Alter discusses the ability of the White House to avoid another Great Depression and accomplish many of Obama's campaign promises, yet still fail to effectively communicate their impact to the American public.[1]

The Promise:
President Obama, Year One
AuthorJonathan Alter
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
2010
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages458 pages
ISBN978-1-4391-0119-3

Notes and references

  1. Alter, Jonathan (2010). The Promise: President Obama, Year One. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4391-0119-3.


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