A Promised Land
作者：Barack Obama
分類：傳記
ISBN：9781524763169
出版時間：2020-11-17
出版社：Crown
標簽： 傳記
內容簡介
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.
Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.
A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change,” and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.
This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.
章節介紹
Preface
Part 1 The Bet
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Part 2 Yes We Can
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Part 3 Renegrade
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Part 4 The Good Fight
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Part 5 The World As It Is
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Part 6 In The Barrel
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Part 7 On The High Wire
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Photograph Insert
Acknowledgements
Photograph Credits
Index
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書友評論
- Luxi的評論 先後在紐約客和明鏡上看到本書ACA和Gaddaffi兩段，被其細節跟文筆吸引遂買全書。比如，Obama的理想主義和為政治資本的妥協、他個人面對周圍反抗的無力：資本傢、共和黨勢力、種族歧視（如污蔑他的特朗普）、甚至是那些他想幫助的人。大傢對本書目的議論紛紛，很多右翼媒體諷刺他的自戀（跟特朗普比起是不可思議的指控）做秀賺錢。這本書中Obama並不掩飾自己的政治野心。雖或許有些煽情片段專來投機取巧為自己過去的軟弱辯解，當你真正走進他的內心，你會感受到他的憤怒，bitterness，和同樣強烈的樂觀。這可能是一個政治傢宣傳自己，但一定也摻雜著對理想真誠的吶喊悲呼。Chomsky說Obama是導致特朗普的騙子，他背叛瞭對選民的承諾。他或許應該對Obama更寬容一些：他的確失敗瞭；但他也確實嘗試瞭。
- 晦暗藤麻的評論 非常棒的一本書。評一星的都是川粉吧。
- Roaa的評論 文筆太好瞭 值得精讀與背誦
- 咖的評論 文筆很流暢，沒有politician自傳的晦澀。一直有夢想真的是一件值得自豪的事情。（請評論這本書，而不是針對這本書的作者）
- Axé2的評論 期望很高，實際也超過期望。 充滿智慧，真誠，思辨，和高超的寫作表達。讀這書也把我拉回瞭逐漸瞭解和認識BO下的燈國和世界，把liberal bubble當成世界常態的我自己的formative years.
- 沒靜電的評論 無所事事的8年，傳記卻有丘吉爾的規模。出版業依然是幫助前總統進入10億俱樂部的傳統遊戲
- 阿平初中沒畢業的評論 惡心
- SitNomineDigna的評論 INCOMPETENT
- 埃莉森 L的評論 在一星和三星半之間遊移不定
- Jason的評論 可能是2002年最期待的書，隻看瞭前言和第一章開頭，就感覺非常不錯，前言部分用詞非常高級，含義深刻，第一章片段細節描寫的非常的生動，太棒瞭…會努力在2020年看完的
- 李子綣的評論 我感覺奧巴馬的聲音好適合睡覺？
- 宋小范的評論 讀瞭michelle的becoming前十章，本來以為會有很多重合部分，結果完全沒有，和michelle的戀愛故事精簡卻充滿瞭真情，非常實在地討論瞭自己作為初生牛犢在政壇的成長，也許是因為作者親自讀的，就像他在我旁邊講述這些anecdotes
- Singular的評論 why rated so low?
- moqq的評論 Such a vivid recollection，he truly is a good writer.
- seren的評論 29個小時，居然聽得並不覺得累或乏味，語言與敘事流暢是一部分，內容相對熟悉也是原因。聽這本書時時有一種重歷過去的感覺——不僅是社會變遷，更是個人的變化，畢竟是自己人生裡重要的一段時間，在很多個瞬間，會想到“啊，在那個時候（股價暴跌、就職儀式、油井爆炸……）我在做什麼”，因此，這本書給我一種親切感。親切感的另一個源頭，是在敘述和闡釋裡面。作為一個隨時翻來覆去惦念問題的人，我實在太熟悉這種一想到某件事某個觀點就有七八十個角度和層次都不同的念頭冒出來的感覺瞭。我熱愛這種能夠接受並展示復雜性的脾性，同時也質疑這樣的脾性是否適合在彼時彼地做總統這份工，當然黨爭的劇烈和寸步不讓也讓復雜和微妙無處容身。最後我依然覺得Obama是一個愛惜羽毛的理想主義者，好還是不好，則是另一個問題，而且也有七八十個角度。
- 三點水的評論 讀完瞭，有空來寫評論。文筆非常好，和之前的兩本回憶錄有很多連貫性但也有很多不一樣的地方，看他寫自己對傢庭、朋友、政界人士比較私人的感想最有意思～
- 辛維木Sophia的評論 奧巴馬一個人念近30小時還是蠻辛苦的……競選總統、殺拉登部分印象最深，中東相關卻感覺有點虛偽。另外對華態度很明確，從來都不是什麼奧觀海，放棄幻想吧
- 香檳塔的評論 Great book. Obama said one of his literary influences is James Baldwin. One can sense the aloofness in Obama’s writing. I doubt whether this lightness is trained restrain or his true color. Overall, a great book.
- farewell的評論 audiobook，趕個時髦聽完的。文筆一流，內容本身不足四星。
- Heather的冬天的評論 如果隻能選一本，我覺得他老婆的becoming更好看。這本裡太多泛泛而談，和他當總統一樣的風格