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From one of Barack Obama’s closest aides comes a revelatory behind-the-scenes account of his presidency—and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive—in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House.
For nearly ten years, Ben Rhodes saw almost everything that happened at the center of the Obama administration—first as a speechwriter, then as deputy national security advisor, and finally as a multipurpose aide and close collaborator. He started every morning in the Oval Office with the President’s Daily Briefing, traveled the world with Obama, and was at the center of some of the most consequential and controversial moments of the presidency. Now he tells the full story of his partnership—and, ultimately, friendship—with a man who also happened to be a historic president of the United States.
Rhodes was not your typical presidential confidant, and this is not your typical White House memoir. Rendered in vivid, novelistic detail by someone who was a writer before he was a staffer, this is a rare look inside the most poignant, tense, and consequential moments of the Obama presidency—waiting out the bin Laden raid in the Situation Room, responding to the Arab Spring, reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran, leading secret negotiations with the Cuban government to normalize relations, and confronting the resurgence of nationalism and nativism that culminated in the election of Donald Trump.
In The World as It Is, Rhodes shows what it was like to be there—from the early days of the Obama campaign to the final hours of the presidency. It is a story populated by such characters as Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Hillary Clinton, Bob Gates, and—above all—Barack Obama, who comes to life on the page in moments of great urgency and disarming intimacy. This is the most vivid portrayal yet of Obama’s worldview and presidency, a chronicle of a political education by a writer of enormous talent, and an essential record of the forces that shaped the last decade.
Advance praise for The World as It Is
“Ben Rhodes is one of the most brilliant minds and powerful storytellers I've ever known. In The World as It Is, he doesn't just bring you inside the room for key moments of Obama's presidency, he captivates you with the journey of an idealistic young staffer who becomes the president's closest friend and advisor—a journey that both cynics and believers will find riveting and hopeful.”—Jon Favreau
作者简介
From 2009 to 2017, Ben Rhodes served as deputy national security advisor to President Barack Obama, overseeing the administration’s national security communications, speechwriting, public diplomacy, and global engagement programming. Prior to joining the Obama administration, from 2007 to 2008 Rhodes was a senior speechwriter and foreign policy advisor to the Obama campaign. Before joining then–Senator Obama’s campaign, he worked for former congressman Lee Hamilton from 2002 to 2007. He was the co-author, with Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, of Without Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission. A native New Yorker, Rhodes has a BA from Rice University and an MFA from New York University.
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评分Ben到底是speechwriter，full of emotions but also articulate。书里很多外交政策干货，伊朗古巴东南亚这些大事件，从另一个角度看美国和中国外交关系也很有意思，简直是Ben从Obama眼里看世界。God I miss Obama he really is the man of the people.
评分Ben到底是speechwriter，full of emotions but also articulate。书里很多外交政策干货，伊朗古巴东南亚这些大事件，从另一个角度看美国和中国外交关系也很有意思，简直是Ben从Obama眼里看世界。God I miss Obama he really is the man of the people.
评分Written for the base, a bit too much hindsight at times. Section about the NY Times interview was particularly interesting for those who are aware of the power of narratives; chapter on the brainstorming before the Cairo speech was peculiarly American.
评分Written for the base, a bit too much hindsight at times. Section about the NY Times interview was particularly interesting for those who are aware of the power of narratives; chapter on the brainstorming before the Cairo speech was peculiarly American.
评分Written for the base, a bit too much hindsight at times. Section about the NY Times interview was particularly interesting for those who are aware of the power of narratives; chapter on the brainstorming before the Cairo speech was peculiarly American.
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