BECAUSE HE COULD

出版者:Harpercollins

作者:Dick Morris

页数:303

出版时间:2004-10

价格:$ 25.95

isbn号码:9780060784157

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Who is Bill Clinton?

A man whose presidency was disgraced by impeachment — yet who remains one of the most popular presidents of our time.

A man whose autobiography, My Life, was panned by critics as a self-indulgent daily diary — but rode the bestseller lists for months.

A man whose policies changed America at the close of the twentieth century — yet whose weakness left us vulnerable to terror at the dawn of the twenty-first.

No one better understands the inner Bill Clinton, that creature of endless and vexing contradiction, than Dick Morris. From the Arkansas governor's races through the planning of the triumphant 1996 reelection, Morris was Clinton's most valued political adviser. Now, in the wake of Clinton's million-selling memoir My Life, Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, set the record straight with Because He Could, a frank and perceptive deconstruction of the story Clinton tells — and the many more revealing stories he leaves untold.

With the same keen insight they brought to Hillary Clinton's life in their recent bestseller Rewriting History, Morris and McGann uncover the hidden sides of the complicated and sometimes dysfunctional former president. Whereas Hillary is anxious to mask who she really is, they show, Bill Clinton inadvertently reveals himself at every turn — as both brilliant and undisciplined, charming yet often filled with rage, willing to take wild risks in his personal life but deeply reluctant to use the military to protect our national security. The Bill Clinton who emerges is familiar — reflexively blaming every problem on right-wing persecutors or na?ve advisers — but also surprising: passive, reactive, working desperately to solve a laundry list of social problems yet never truly grasping the real thrust of his own presidency. And while he courted danger in his personal life, the authors argue that Clinton's downfall has far less to do with his private demons than with his fear of the one person who controlled his future: his own first lady.

Sharp and stylishly written, full of revealing insider anecdotes, Because He Could is a fresh and probing portrait of one of the most fascinating, and polarizing, figures of our time.

Book Description

No one better understands the inner Bill Clinton, that creature of endless and vexing contradiction, than Dick Morris. From the Arkansas governor's races through the planning of the triumphant 1996 reelection, Morris was Clinton's most valued political adviser. Now, in the wake of Clinton's million-selling memoir My Life, Morris and his wife, Eileen McGann, set the record straight with Because He Could, a deconstruction of the story Clinton tells - and the many more revealing stories he leaves untold.

With the same insight they brought to Hillary Clinton's life in their recent bestseller Rewriting History, Morris and McGann uncover the hidden sides of the complicated and sometimes dysfunctional former president. Whereas Hillary is anxious to mask who she really is, they show, Bill Clinton inadvertently reveals himself at every turn - as both brilliant and undisciplined, charming yet often filled with rage, willing to take wild risks in his personal life but deeply reluctant to use the military to protect our national security. The Bill Clinton who emerges is familiar - reflexively blaming every problem on right-wing persecutors or naive advisers - but also surprising: passive, reactive, working desperately to solve a laundry list of social problems yet never truly grasping the real thrust of his own presidency. And while he courted danger in his personal life, the authors argue that Clinton's downfall has far less to do with his private demons than with his fear of the one person who controlled his future: his own first lady.

From AudioFile

"Because I could" is the explanation Bill Clinton finally gave for Monica Lewinsky. Because HE can, Dick Morris ridicules the man he advised for twenty years. I don't know if Clinton enjoyed himself, but Morris is certainly having fun. The writer's own voice enriches the experience, not because he's a master narrator, but because he sounds just like the smarty-pants you'd expect. We hear that Bill has a temper, and was only briefly poor. Morris tells how the president copied a typed speech by hand in order to get credit for it. (Everybody knew he didn't type.) The thought that Clinton might have copied out his entire 957-page memoir by hand in order to get credit for writing that gets Morris laughing so hard that he loses his place. B.H.C.

About Author

Dick Morris served as Bill Clinton's political consultant for twenty years, guiding him to a successful reelection in 1996. He now appears on Fox News and has served as a consultant for foreign leaders including President Vincente Fox of Mexico. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Because He Could, Rewriting History (both with Eileen McGann), Off with Their Heads, and Behind the Oval Office, and the Washington Post bestseller Power Plays.

Book Dimension

Height (mm) 235 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Width (mm) 163

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这本书给我的感觉，就像是聆听一个老人在回忆往事，语气平静，但每一个字都蕴含着岁月的沧桑和人生的智慧。“因为他可以”这句话，在我脑海中回荡，仿佛是一个悠长的叹息。它不仅仅是一个简单的原因，更是一种经历了时间沉淀后的总结。它可能是在讲述一个关于成长的故事，关于从年少轻狂到成熟稳重的转变；也可能是在讲述一个关于错过与遗憾的故事，那些当年“可以”做的事情，如今已无法重来。作者的文字，有一种沉淀感，不急不躁，娓娓道来。它不像很多现代作品那样追求快节奏和强烈的冲突，而是更注重情感的铺垫和人物内心的刻画。读这本书，需要静下心来，去体会那种淡淡的忧伤，去感受那种深刻的理解。我甚至可以想象，在某个安静的午后，泡一杯热茶，捧着这本书，慢慢地品味其中的故事。这是一种与内在对话的体验，它让我们反思自己的选择，反思自己的人生道路，以及那些我们曾经因为“可以”而做出的，如今看来意味深长的决定。

这本书给我带来的感受，就像是坐在一个古老的剧院里，台下观众鸦雀无声，舞台上的灯光只照亮了一个孤独的身影。他（或她）在讲述着一个关于选择的故事，而这个选择，并非易事。字里行间充斥着一种难以名状的犹豫和挣扎，仿佛每一个字都在权衡着利弊，都在叩问着内心。我能感受到角色的内心世界波涛汹涌，尽管表面可能平静如水。这种“因为他可以”的选择，在我看来，绝非是出于炫耀或者一时兴起，而是经历了一场漫长而痛苦的内在斗争。或许是为了承担某种责任，或许是为了弥补某种过失，亦或是为了追求某种不容置疑的信念。作者的笔触非常细腻，能够捕捉到那些最细微的情绪波动，将角色的内心挣扎描绘得淋漓尽致。读到某些段落时，我甚至会屏住呼吸，生怕打扰了这份脆弱和沉重。这让我不禁思考，在我们的生活中，有多少次我们也曾面临过类似的选择，有多少次我们也是因为“可以”，而不得不做出某种决定，即使这个决定并不轻松，甚至会带来伤痛。这本书，似乎在提醒我们，能力和选择之间，从来都不是简单的等号，它往往伴随着深沉的考量和无法回避的后果。

这本书给我的最大触动，在于它对“代价”这个概念的深刻探讨。很多时候，我们习惯于看到“能力”或者“可能性”，却忽略了实现这些“可能性”所需要付出的巨大代价。那个“因为他可以”的选择，在我看来，绝对不是轻松的，它背后一定隐藏着某种无法承受之重，某种牺牲，甚至是某种失去。可能是失去了原本的生活，可能是失去了珍贵的感情，也可能是失去了内心的平静。作者并没有回避这些残酷的现实，反而将其赤裸裸地展现在读者面前，让你不得不去正视。读这本书的时候，我时常会感到一种莫名的沉重，仿佛自己也背负上了角色的枷锁。这种沉重感，并非源于情节的跌宕起伏，而是源于对人性深处复杂性的洞察。它让我意识到，很多时候，“可以”并非是肆意妄为的通行证，而是承担责任的起点。它是一把双刃剑，既能成就，也能毁灭。这本书，就像一面镜子，照出了我们内心深处对力量的渴望，以及这种渴望背后，我们必须付出的沉重代价。

这本书的封面设计真是太抓人了！深邃的蓝色背景，上面用一种带着金属质感的银色字体写着书名 BECAUSE HE COULD，字体带着一种沉静的力量感，又隐隐透出一些不确定。周围还有一些零星的、像是星辰碎片一样的光点，营造出一种既浩瀚又孤寂的氛围。我第一眼看到它的时候，就觉得这绝对不是一本轻松的读物，它似乎藏着一个深沉的故事，关于选择，关于代价，关于那些我们为何会踏上某种道路的难以言说的原因。书脊也同样简洁有力，只有一个白色的书名，没有任何多余的装饰，仿佛在告诉你，内容本身就是它最强大的名片。我甚至能够想象到，当我在书店里翻开它时，指尖触碰到纸张的质感，闻到淡淡的油墨香，那种期待感油然而生。我很好奇，这“因为他可以”的背后，究竟隐藏了怎样的故事，是关于能力的滥用，还是关于责任的承担？是关于冲动下的决定，还是深思熟虑后的行动？封面传递出的信息，就像一个精心设置的悬念，让我迫不及待地想知道，是什么驱使着故事中的人物，去做那些“他可以”的事情。这种视觉上的冲击力，让我对这本书的期待值瞬间拉满，相信它一定有着不同寻常的内涵等待我去发掘。

这本书的叙事方式非常独特，它不像很多作品那样有着明确的起承转合，反而更像是在一条缓缓流淌的河流中，你只是偶尔瞥见岸边发生的故事。故事的展开，似乎并没有一个宏大的开端，而是从一个看似微不足道的细节切入，然后层层剥开，直到让你看到隐藏在表面之下的巨大冰山。“因为他可以”这个标题，在我看来，就像是故事的核心密码，也是所有谜团的钥匙。它可能指代的是一种能力，一种权力，或者是一种可以随意为之的机会。但更深层的意味，或许在于“为什么”他选择了这样做，即使他“可以”选择另一条路。作者似乎并不急于给出答案，而是让你在阅读过程中，自己去拼凑、去揣摩、去理解。这种碎片化的叙事，反而更加引人入胜，因为它迫使你去主动参与到故事的构建中，去思考人物的动机，去推测故事的走向。我尤其欣赏那些留白的部分，它们给了读者足够想象的空间，让故事不仅仅停留在纸面上，更在你脑海中生根发芽。这种阅读体验，就像是在一个昏暗的房间里，只有几束光线照亮了关键的物件，剩下的，则需要你自己去摸索和感知。