The Book Prize Index

The Promise: President Obama, Year One

Jonathan Alter

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.

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · medium confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Obama, barack, 1961- -> BiographyPresidency & Executive PowerAmerican PoliticsDemocracy & Elections

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestMajor2010FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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    • President Obama60%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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    The first inside look portrays Obama as an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader during his difficult debut.

    Model confidence 58%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.