比尔・克林顿,1946年8月19日出生于美国阿肯色州霍普市一个小店主家庭。法学博士学位。妻子是同班女同学希拉里。1976年,当选阿肯色州司法部长。1979年,他就任阿肯色州第40任州长。时年仅32岁,被新闻界称为“孩子州长”。1992年11月3日,他在大选中以压倒性优势获胜,击败布什,当选美国第42任总统。
President Bill Clinton’s My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public.
It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White House—a journey fueled by an impassioned interest in the political process which manifested itself at every stage of his life: in college, working as an intern for Senator William Fulbright; at Oxford, becoming part of the Vietnam War protest movement; at Yale Law School, campaigning on the grassroots level for Democratic candidates; back in Arkansas, running for Congress, attorney general, and governor.
We see his career shaped by his resolute determination to improve the life of his fellow citizens, an unfaltering commitment to civil rights, and an exceptional understanding of the practicalities of political life.
We come to understand the emotional pressures of his youth—born after his father’s death; caught in the dysfunctional relationship between his feisty, nurturing mother and his abusive stepfather, whom he never ceased to love and whose name he took; drawn to the brilliant, compelling Hillary Rodham, whom he was determined to marry; passionately devoted, from her infancy, to their daughter, Chelsea, and to the entire experience of fatherhood; slowly and painfully beginning to comprehend how his early denial of pain led him at times into damaging patterns of behavior.
President Clinton’s book is also the fullest, most concretely detailed, most nuanced account of a presidency ever written—encompassing not only the high points and crises but the way the presidency actually works: the day-to-day bombardment of problems, personalities, conflicts, setbacks, achievements.
It is a testament to the positive impact on America and on the world of his work and his ideals.
It is the gripping account of a president under concerted and unrelenting assault orchestrated by his enemies on the Far Right, and how he survived and prevailed.
It is a treasury of moments caught alive, among them:
• The ten-year-old boy watching the national political conventions on his family’s new (and first) television set.
• The young candidate looking for votes in the Arkansas hills and the local seer who tells him, “Anybody who would campaign at a beer joint in Joiner at midnight on Saturday night deserves to carry one box. . . . You’ll win here. But it’ll be the only damn place you win in this county.” (He was right on both counts.)
• The roller-coaster ride of the 1992 campaign.
• The extraordinarily frank exchanges with Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole.
• The delicate manipulation needed to convince Rabin and Arafat to shake hands for the camera while keeping Arafat from kissing Rabin.
• The cost, both public and private, of the scandal that threatened the presidency.
Here is the life of a great national and international figure, revealed with all his talents and contradictions, told openly, directly, in his own completely recognizable voice. A unique book by a unique American.--From the Hardcover edition.
把这本传记当作睡前读物,每天读两章正好睡觉。昨天试了一下,的确是催眠的上佳读物。 一直挺喜欢看人物传记的,喜欢看别人的人生轨迹,想从那些似乎与平凡人类似的生活中看出他们之所以与众不同的地方来。我总觉得再伟大的人,都是靠后天努力取得自己的成就,我想知...
评分不适合中国人,就是美国人也没兴趣了解那么多的琐碎的细节。 作品一开始部分,描述他没见过的父亲,的确相当动人,
评分传记类作品本就难以用好坏界分,有兴趣,不妨读一下 在看本书前,对老克的印象是不错的,厚厚的翻下来,发现所谓的高智商版本克林顿好象不是事实儿,但也没失望,我们应该早知道,幕僚与民众才是成就国家的主体 书中淡化了政治角力,早期成长占了一定篇章,这点我还是看的津津有味的
评分Choosing a career is like choosing a wife from ten girlfriends. Even if you pick the most beautiful, the most intelligent, the kindest woman, there is still the pain of losing the other nine. If we had the chance to choose our nationalities, we may have the...
评分终于读到了尾声,终于可以比较“放心”的写下点感受,而不去害怕自己是在断章取义。 这本自传对我最大的益处是让我对美国的政治体制有一个大概的粗略的了解。PS 最近无意中看到一些介绍马英九的文章,发现小马哥的经历和Clinton是有相似之处的。台湾搞出来的一套治“国”体制...
流水账,很一般。喜欢政治和历史的人应该会喜欢。这本里说到了莱温斯基,中国驻南斯拉夫大使馆等热门事件,看了这一本后就觉得他写得好政治,不诚恳
评分一个民主党死忠,团结,合作,组织~是克林顿做的事情,而且做的还不错。没想到,在十年前美帝政府曾经盈余过。。。
评分流水账,很一般。喜欢政治和历史的人应该会喜欢。这本里说到了莱温斯基,中国驻南斯拉夫大使馆等热门事件,看了这一本后就觉得他写得好政治,不诚恳
评分一个民主党死忠,团结,合作,组织~是克林顿做的事情,而且做的还不错。没想到,在十年前美帝政府曾经盈余过。。。
评分很成功的传记,给人的形象是一个很平民的总统。
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