i ▁said ▁his ▁purpose ▁in ▁writing ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁to ▁defeat ▁Ob ama ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁United ▁States ▁president ial ▁election . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁book , ▁he ▁rec ount s ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama ' s ▁up br ing ing ▁and ▁early ▁political ▁career ▁in ▁Chicago ▁and ▁arg ues ▁that ▁Ob ama ▁is ▁an ▁" ext reme ▁left is [ t ]" ▁who ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁elected ▁president . ▁The ▁book ▁claims ▁to ▁document ▁" Ob ama ' s ▁extensive ▁connections ▁with ▁Islam ▁and ▁radical ▁politics ", ▁his ▁" rel ig ious ▁affili ation ▁with ▁... ▁black - li ber ation ▁the ology ", ▁and ▁his ▁associations ▁with ▁controvers ial ▁past or ▁Jer em iah ▁Wright , ▁fund ra iser ▁Tony ▁Re z ko , ▁and ▁radical ▁activ ists ▁Bill ▁Ay ers ▁and ▁Bernard ine ▁Do hr n , ▁formerly ▁of ▁the ▁We ather ▁Under ground . ▁The ▁book ▁also ▁arg ues ▁that ▁Ob ama ▁supports ▁" far - left ▁domestic ▁policy " ▁and ▁" na ï ve ... ▁foreign ▁policy ▁pred ic ated ▁on ▁the ▁reduction ▁of ▁the ▁military ", ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁therefore ▁un su itable ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁opens ▁with ▁a ▁quote ▁by ▁Andy ▁Martin , ▁who ▁The ▁Nation , ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post , ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁have ▁identified ▁as ▁the ▁primary ▁source ▁for ▁the ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁Ob ama ▁is ▁conce aling ▁an ▁alleg ed ▁Muslim ▁faith , ▁rum ors ▁which ▁began