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.
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms. He is the author of two previous New York Times bestselling books, Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope, and the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Michelle. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
Preface of "A Promised Land" I BEGAN WRITING THIS BOOK shortly after the end of my presidency—after Michelle and I had boarded Air Force One for the last time and traveled west for a long-deferred break. The mood on the plane was bittersweet. Both of us we...
評分版權歸作者所有,任何形式轉載請聯係作者。 作者:夏冰雹(來自豆瓣) 來源:https://www.douban.com/note/806970087/ 奧巴馬政治生涯結束後,寫下瞭這本迴憶錄,既是懺悔錄,又是邀功錄。他是一個很有風度、人格魅力的演說傢,但是他的迴憶錄依然受到政治利益的束縛,寫得很小...
評分嘿嘿放在一起是不是很登對。 去年看過Michelle的自傳後我很是喜歡,遂決定把奧巴馬的也買來讀讀。 和Michelle偏重於女性成長和身份的轉變不同,奧巴馬的自傳幾乎全篇政治。前兩百頁簡略介紹瞭自己的教育經曆之後,便是競選,一路從伊利諾伊州的state senator 到美國總統。哈佛...
評分Preface of "A Promised Land" I BEGAN WRITING THIS BOOK shortly after the end of my presidency—after Michelle and I had boarded Air Force One for the last time and traveled west for a long-deferred break. The mood on the plane was bittersweet. Both of us we...
評分我不喜歡奧巴馬,更準確來說我對他這樣儀錶堂堂誇誇其談的政客總是心存疑慮。當年馬英九選颱北市長,我就頗不以為然,不是替阿扁抱屈,偏見來自於我心中叼根火柴纔是風流倜儻小馬哥,也看不上identity politics,靠阿輝振臂一呼什麼新颱灣人不是民粹又是什麼。 PBS班農的專訪非...
這本書給我的整體感受是,它不僅僅是在講述“發生瞭什麼”,更是在探索“為什麼會是這樣”以及“我們能從中學習到什麼”。它提供瞭一種極具啓發性的視角,讓我開始重新審視許多我習以為常的概念和既定事實。很多時候,讀完一章,我需要立刻放下書本,走到窗邊,看著外麵的世界,試圖將書中的理論與現實的碎片進行對接和比對。這種強烈的互動感,是很多作品無法給予的。它成功地在宏大的曆史敘事和微觀的個人經曆之間架起瞭一座堅實的橋梁,讓讀者得以穿越時空,親曆那些重要的時刻。總而言之,這是一部具有裏程碑意義的作品,它不僅充實瞭我的知識儲備,更重要的是,它重塑瞭我思考問題的方式。
评分這本書的封麵設計簡直是視覺上的享受,那種沉穩又不失力量感的排版,讓我一拿到手就忍不住想立刻翻開它。裝幀的質感也處理得非常到位,拿在手裏分量十足,能感受到作者對這本書傾注的心血。我花瞭很長時間在咖啡館裏細細品味它,那種墨香和紙張的觸感,在電子閱讀時代真是難得的體驗。每一次翻頁,都像是在開啓一個新的空間,裏麵的文字仿佛帶著一種古老而又新鮮的生命力。我特彆喜歡它在細節之處的用心,比如書簽的設計,不隻是一個簡單的裝飾,更像是一個引導你進入更深層次思考的綫索。這本書的實體書本身,就已經構成瞭一種閱讀儀式感,讓我對待其中每一個段落都抱持著最大的敬意。它不僅僅是知識的載體,更像是一件藝術品,擺在書架上都能提升整個房間的格調,那種低調的奢華感,真的讓人心動。
评分讀完這本書,我感覺自己的認知邊界被極大地拓寬瞭。作者在敘事時展現齣的那種宏大敘事能力,讓人不得不佩服。他似乎能將復雜無比的事件梳理得井井有條,每一個轉摺點都處理得恰到好處,既保持瞭曆史的厚重感,又不失文學作品應有的韻律和張力。更讓我印象深刻的是,他筆下的人物群像塑造得極其立體,那些曾經隻存在於曆史教科書中的名字,此刻仿佛擁有瞭鮮活的血肉和復雜的情感糾葛,讓人不由自主地為他們的抉擇而感到揪心。這種能力,絕非一日之功可得,裏麵蘊含著深厚的洞察力和長期的積纍。我常常需要停下來,閉上眼睛,迴味一下剛纔讀到的那個觀點,因為有些觀點太過精妙,需要時間去消化,去讓它真正融入自己的思維結構中。它不是那種讓你一口氣讀完就扔在一邊的書,更像是需要反復咀嚼的佳肴。
评分坦白說,這本書的閱讀過程並非總是輕鬆愉快的。有些章節的密度之高,信息量之大,需要我查閱大量的背景資料纔能跟上作者的思路。這更像是一場智力上的馬拉鬆,而不是一次輕鬆的散步。但是,正是這種挑戰性,讓我收獲瞭更多的成就感。作者似乎並不迎閤大眾的閱讀習慣,他堅持用最精準、最不妥協的語言去描繪他所見證的一切,這無疑是對讀者提齣瞭一種要求:你必須全力以赴纔能理解其深意。我甚至在閱讀過程中,習慣性地在旁邊備著筆記本,隨時準備記錄那些振聾發聵的洞察,或者那些令人深思的疑問。這種“鬥智鬥勇”的閱讀體驗,恰恰是我所追求的,因為它迫使我走齣舒適區,去主動建構屬於自己的知識體係。對於那些渴望深度、不滿足於錶麵論述的讀者來說,這本書絕對是一劑猛藥。
评分這本書的行文風格有一種獨特的節奏感,它時而如平緩的河流,娓娓道來,充滿瞭人文關懷和對人性的深刻理解;時而又如同突如其來的暴風雨,節奏驟然加快,充滿瞭緊張感和不可預知的戲劇性。我尤其欣賞作者在敘述重大曆史事件時,那種近乎冷靜的客觀性,但在這份冷靜之下,又能巧妙地流露齣他對某些原則的堅定維護。這種遊走在冷靜與激情之間的平衡把握,讓整本書讀起來充滿瞭一種張力,讓人欲罷不能。有時候,我甚至會想象作者當時坐在書桌前,是如何權衡每一個詞語的選擇,纔能在保持曆史真實性的同時,最大限度地激發讀者的情感共鳴。這種寫作功力,不是靠堆砌辭藻就能達到的,它需要的是對生活和曆史的深刻體悟。
评分【有聲書】先拋開政治不說,作為一個人,奧巴馬是十分值得尊重和學習的。迴憶錄字裡行間流露齣他的真誠和謙遜。他把美國總統這個名號視為自己的使命和義務而不是優越。在行使總統職責的同時承認自己的不足,尊重和鼓勵下屬給予他意見和建議。難怪奧巴馬有著極強的人格魅力。政治上,他能認清美國存在的種種根深蒂固的政治、經濟和社會問題,也希望能盡自己最大努力去解決。但是不足在於他意識不到或者不願意承認那些問題存在的根源在於美國的經濟政治體質的弊端。通過他對幾項重要法案“做香腸”過程的迴憶也能看齣美國政治體製的癥結。整個迴憶錄十分詳盡:對共事人員和外國政要的描述涵蓋外貌和性格特徵;對國際事物有其來龍去脈的複述;甚至對一些事件的天氣和環境也有提及,可以說是細緻入微。另外在有聲書裡聽奧巴馬本人親口說髒字挺有意思。
评分媽喲,每天看一章看瞭一個月纔看完。奧巴馬迴顧瞭從競選到8年任期結束的主要事情,醫改、京都議定書、拯救經濟危機、訪華(這段不錯)、G8峰會,最後以獵殺本拉登作為本書結尾。真誠、謙遜、極具領袖魅力。不知道美國人民會不會懷念川普之前的日子。
评分Savored every page of it. While reading it, I re-watched all the main speeches he made on his first presidential campaign trail. They still brought tears to my eyes as they did when I was living through those days...
评分期望很高,實際也超過期望。 充滿智慧,真誠,思辨,和高超的寫作錶達。讀這書也把我拉迴瞭逐漸瞭解和認識BO下的燈國和世界,把liberal bubble當成世界常態的我自己的formative years.
评分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、他個人麵對周圍反抗的無力:資本傢、共和黨勢力、種族歧視(如汙衊他的特朗普)、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呐喊悲呼。Chomsky說Obama是導緻特朗普的騙子,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。
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