This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered. In this book, we are brought as close as we have ever been to a true perception of political genius and the American political process. Means of Ascent, Book Two of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, was a number one national best seller and, like The Path to Power, received the National Book Critics Circle Award. "Powerful and stirring. A monumental political saga...It's an overwhelming experience to read The Path to Power." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "Stands at the pinnacle of the biographical art." -- Donald Morris, Houston Post "By every measure -- depth of research, brilliance of conception, the seamless flow of the prose -- The Path to Power is a masterpiece of biography." -- Dan Cryer, Newsday "A superb and unique biography...Meticulous in research, grand in scale, this is a major work that will remain a tower of its kind." -- Barbara Tuchman "An awesome achievement! Not only a historical but a literary event...An epic biography...What brings Caro's story -- and it is a story -- to life is his astonishing concern for the humanity of his characters: the plight of a Hill Country family; the reserve of Lady Bird Johnson; the lonely integrity of Sam Rayburn." -- Peter Prescott, Newsweek
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看過Caro超過韆頁的The Power Broker,本來以為自己能夠預期其優點和缺點,但沒想到本書精彩程度遠超想象。作者本人的文筆流暢、內容詳實等優點本書有所提升,而太過拘泥細節、追求立意等缺點則大幅收斂(但依然有一些)。整本書近800頁,主題又有諸多本該無趣的細節(德剋薩斯...
評分看過Caro超過韆頁的The Power Broker,本來以為自己能夠預期其優點和缺點,但沒想到本書精彩程度遠超想象。作者本人的文筆流暢、內容詳實等優點本書有所提升,而太過拘泥細節、追求立意等缺點則大幅收斂(但依然有一些)。整本書近800頁,主題又有諸多本該無趣的細節(德剋薩斯...
評分對於中國人來說,林登 約翰遜這個名字似乎常常隻是約翰 肯尼迪曆史記憶的附帶品,是的,從曆史書上我們記住的似乎就隻是肯尼迪遇刺後,此君接任美國總統之位,然後大傢的記憶就跳到打開中美關係之門的尼剋鬆上麵去瞭。 林登約翰遜的經曆就這麼無聊?他總統任上的曆史就這麼平淡...
評分對於中國人來說,林登 約翰遜這個名字似乎常常隻是約翰 肯尼迪曆史記憶的附帶品,是的,從曆史書上我們記住的似乎就隻是肯尼迪遇刺後,此君接任美國總統之位,然後大傢的記憶就跳到打開中美關係之門的尼剋鬆上麵去瞭。 林登約翰遜的經曆就這麼無聊?他總統任上的曆史就這麼平淡...
評分看過Caro超過韆頁的The Power Broker,本來以為自己能夠預期其優點和缺點,但沒想到本書精彩程度遠超想象。作者本人的文筆流暢、內容詳實等優點本書有所提升,而太過拘泥細節、追求立意等缺點則大幅收斂(但依然有一些)。整本書近800頁,主題又有諸多本該無趣的細節(德剋薩斯...
圖書標籤: 傳記 英文原版 政治 美國總統 約翰遜 biography 芒格推薦 美國
As good as biography can be
評分美國前總統LBJ的傳記。以為就這一本,結果厚厚一本完瞭發現之後還有4本orz。。雖然有些細節嫌囉嗦,但種種骯髒的政治內幕裏爾虞我詐勾心鬥角,其精彩讓人覺得仿佛在看紙牌屋。像川普一樣缺乏道德準則,但又有能力、又勤奮、又不擇手段,真的是相當可怕的存在啊。
評分不光是約翰遜前期政治生涯的傳記,也是同期美國政治的大曆史
評分不光是約翰遜前期政治生涯的傳記,也是同期美國政治的大曆史
評分林登約翰遜是那種做什麼都有可能成功,但是我不會想和他打半毛錢交道的人。
The Path to Power 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載