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Barack Obama Book - The Biography
The University Press returns with another short and captivating biography, this time focusing on one of the most compelling figures in history, Barack Obama. Considered one of the most significant figures of the 21st century, Barack Obama was the first African-American President of the United States. His signature "Obamacare" Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act extended health insurance coverage to 20 million Americans, and he is credited with pulling the American economy back from the brink of an economic depression. He expanded federal hate crime laws to include crimes motivated by a victim's gender or sexual orientation, and he ended the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in the U.S. armed forces. His administration urged the Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans, which it did, and he nominated two women (and America's first Hispanic) to the Supreme Court.
During his presidency, Obama substantially escalated the use of drone strikes against terrorists associated with al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and he committed the United States to the Paris Agreement on global climate change. He brokered the JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran and normalized U.S. relations with Cuba. For his efforts, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961, Barack Obama's mother was a white American from Kansas, and his father was a black East African from Kenya. He grew up in Seattle, Honolulu, and Jakarta, attended college in Los Angeles, graduated from Columbia University in New York and Harvard Law School in Cambridge, and met and married his wife, Michelle, in Chicago. For eight years, he lived in the White House in Washington D.C.
This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could. It is a captivating biography of one of the most significant figures of the 21st century.
product information:
| Attribute | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| publisher | Independently published (March 7, 2021) | ||||
| language | English | ||||
| paperback | 61 pages | ||||
| isbn_13 | 979-8718514575 | ||||
| item_weight | 2.88 ounces | ||||
| dimensions | 5 x 0.16 x 8 inches | ||||
| best_sellers_rank | #377,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,100 in US Presidents #1,300 in Black & African American Biographies #2,194 in Political Leader Biographies | ||||
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