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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. 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Introduction: It Doesn't Get Better -- Part I: The Road To Nuristan -- Loss -- Stacked -- Keating -- Inside The Fishbowl -- Everybody Dies -- Part Ii: Going Cyclic -- Let's Go Kill Some People -- Heavy Contact -- Combat Kirk -- Luck -- Tunnel Vision -- Part Iii: Overrun -- The Only Gun Left In The Fight -- Charlie In The Wire -- The Alamo Position -- Light 'em Up -- Part Iv: Taking The Bitch Back -- Launch Out -- Not Gonna Make It -- Ox And Finch -- Alive! -- The Bone -- Part V: Saving Stephan Mace -- Go Get It Done -- Mustering The Dead -- Conflagration -- Farewell To Keating -- Trailing Fires -- Epilogue -- In Memoriam. 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