图书标签: 传记 英文原版 Clinton Autobiography 美国 Bill life 原版
发表于2024-12-23
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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.
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。
了解20世纪末的美国和世界,学英文的好素材。
评分了解20世纪末的美国和世界,学英文的好素材。
评分精英反正也学不来,干脆就不读了
评分善于学习的聪明人
评分精英反正也学不来,干脆就不读了
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,
评分其实没读完,因为缺乏对美国政治的了解,看他写美国政治的事是吃力不讨好,所以只看了他个人生活的一些片断,得出结论如下: 1. Bill从小就是个精力充沛的人。 2. Bill很英俊,但是笑容里透着狡黠,是智力超群的人常有的那种优越感。 3. 在美国,从长春藤大学...
评分一: 1969年的冬天,在牛津大学求学的克林顿开始了欧洲之行。从阿姆斯特丹出发经斯堪的纳维亚诸国抵达苏联,然后途经布拉格和慕尼黑最后返回英国,整整40天的行程。这次全新的旅程给克林顿留下了深刻印象,他在途中遇见了许多人和事,生发了许多感慨。这段描写他苏联之行的文字...
评分克林顿和希拉里眼中的哈维尔 爱智慧 今天在阅读一些关于哈维尔的文字时,突然想起当初阅读克林顿的自传《我的生活》中,里面也提到:哈韦尔。(该书中文版是把他翻译成“哈韦尔”的,延续东方出版社的《哈韦尔自传》的翻译)且让我们看看克林顿眼中的哈维尔是如何模样的:...
评分1.花心是遗传的 cliton的老妈,原来是一个医院的护士。有一次,一个男滴带着女朋友来看病,结果在女朋友接受治疗之时,男的就和该护士聊起来鸟。最后依依惜别。有一天,男的带着一束花来看女朋友,护士很失落。结果男的告诉她,这是我表达分手的方式。。。于是二人。。。 该男...
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