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.
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...
評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。
評分花了近两个月看完了克林顿的自传《My Life》。这本书和基辛格的回忆录都很长,但措辞和文笔没有基辛格的好,可见这个口才好的总统智商未必高,很多是流水账(总统期间叙事基本上是在说每个月做了哪些事)。全书按照时间顺序记录了他的童年、成长和执政,到2000年总统离任为止。...
評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:...
評分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...
等等再讀文字版的吧。。
评分讀英文自傳實在是一件有點吃不消的事情,光看剋林頓自己吹噓自己有多麼瞭不起就要消耗不知多少時間,我決定還是果斷的跳過這本書。——何況看看前麵一部分,讀者基本就知道瞭本書的路綫。
评分這書的紙闆和音頻都很好,雖然有聲讀物剪去瞭很多部分,但是講到剋林頓成為幾條狗的頭的時候,還是很幽默的,人物傳記從來無好壞之分,剋林頓精彩,這書也很精彩
评分善於學習的聰明人
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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