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Violence
Barely any
Discussion of political and military violence in the nonfiction register; the Bin Laden raid
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate intellectual and emotional content: the weight of presidential decisions and their human costs
What this book is about
The first volume of Barack Obama's presidential memoir covers his 2008 campaign and the first two and a half years of his presidency, ending with the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. Written with characteristic intelligence and self-reflection, A Promised Land is both a political history and a meditation on leadership, race, the gap between ambition and governing, and what it costs personally to hold the highest office.
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