比爾・剋林頓,1946年8月19日齣生於美國阿肯色州霍普市一個小店主傢庭。法學博士學位。妻子是同班女同學希拉裏。1976年,當選阿肯色州司法部長。1979年,他就任阿肯色州第40任州長。時年僅32歲,被新聞界稱為“孩子州長”。1992年11月3日,他在大選中以壓倒性優勢獲勝,擊敗布什,當選美國第42任總統。
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.
对于Clinton的这部东西,读到一大半了,此刻书中的Clinton正在与不断威胁他政治生涯和个人生活的Whitewater事件做斗争,而Washington Post 和 New York Times 也在不失时机地对这个在位总统进行攻击,并提议国会指定独立检察官,以对Whitewater事件进行彻查,毫无阻碍地。[当然...
評分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...
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善於學習的聰明人
评分很成功的傳記,給人的形象是一個很平民的總統。
评分讀瞭一半沒讀完...
评分瞭解20世紀末的美國和世界,學英文的好素材。
评分一個民主黨死忠,團結,閤作,組織~是剋林頓做的事情,而且做的還不錯。沒想到,在十年前美帝政府曾經盈餘過。。。
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