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.
之前,想到克林顿就会想到他的老婆和他的裤子拉链 但是这本自传告诉我, 一个人之所以成为总统,总有他的理由 这是个有准备有思考有目标有反省的人 这是一个不错的人 这是一个非常优秀的人 给人印象非常深刻的 一是他对人与人之间关系的处理和重视 也就是情商 特别高 所有生...
评分一个美国总统的成长经历,本来就很佩服克林顿,人家既可以把美国经济搞的这么好,还能泡妞,还能把希拉里稳住,这种经验不得不看啊。 全书得写的比较通俗,且对人生有一定得影响,值得推荐。
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...
评分我在书店里看到这本书,拿起来读了一会就放不下了。前边克林顿写自己小时候的那一段非常真诚,文笔优美、简洁,可以当一部小说看。 但是写到他上大学,从政之后,就让人看得不耐烦了。我们不了解美国的政治,也没兴趣了解。 但是仅为前边的一百页,也要推荐这本书。
评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...
等等再读文字版的吧。。
评分等等再读文字版的吧。。
评分了解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
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