Barack Obama, a man of remarkable grace and the first African-American US president, visited Australia in 2011, promoted a US “pivot” to Asia while in Canberra and Darwin, and recalled how much he enjoyed coming here as a child.
And yet in Obama’s recently released, 751-page presidential memoir, A Promised Land, which covers his first term in the White House, there is no mention of Australia in the index. It’s a reminder that in America’s view of the world, Australia doesn’t rate that highly.
Andrew ClarkSenior writerAndrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au
