George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States.
President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life.
Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America’s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life.
In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor’s Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on 9/11, in the hours after America’s most devastating attack since Pearl Harbor; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century.
President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating HIV/AIDS in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family.
A groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history – and the man at the center of events.
發表於2024-11-22
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美國總統大選落下帷幕,奧巴馬以微弱優勢獲得連任——Another four years to go. 不知怎麼地想到瞭奧巴馬的前任,小布什。去年5月讀瞭他的迴憶錄Decision Points《抉擇時刻》。本來是不會看的,因為深受我的導師朋友,美國律師馬丁 (http://book.douban.com/doulist/562082/)...
評分美國前總統卡特在位的時候,並不大受歡迎。下瞭颱,反成瞭活寶。 世界上有些人不適閤當父親,但適閤當祖父,不適閤當總統,但適閤當前總統。小布什當政大部分時間,我都在美國,一直在觀察、批評、甚至嘲笑。他下颱之後,倒是頗為懷念。 作為一個前總統, 小布什的錶...
評分今年小布什的弟弟,老布什的二兒子Jeb Bush(John Ellis Bush)又要齣來選總統瞭,而對手很可能是希拉裏剋林頓,所以各種王朝之說甚囂塵上。時代雜誌也用瞭“權利的遊戲”來形容這兩傢十多年來的政治糾葛,但封麵照片上是小布什和剋林頓兩個前總統俱樂部成員友好的擺齣的和諧姿...
評分在閱讀這本書之前,有關該書的諷刺和小布什的傳聞已經沸沸揚揚,甚至小布什本人都自嘲說“有些人認為他連一本書讀都讀不完,更彆說是要寫瞭”。不過這本書倒是可以證明小布什的能力。雖然他在寫作過程中接受瞭許多人的幫助,不可否認的是其仍然是本書的主體和靈魂。 也許可以體...
評分圖書標籤: 傳記 布什 政治 美國 George_W._Bush 曆史 傳記 美利堅閤眾國
剛看第一章,so far so good. 意外的發現中間的插圖,居然沒有一張和中國有關。。。其實從BUSH能有毅力成功戒酒,也能看齣個人的personality. 我還是那句話,評價政治傢,1-是否履行瞭對於選民的陳諾。這個是民主製中representative and accountability 的基本原則。2-是否堅持,實踐,自己的政治信念。bandwagoning 是需要抵製的。也就是是否是policy-entrepreneur。3-是否留下瞭policy/political legacy, 也就是到底有何業績,政策也好,理念也好。
評分邁剋摩爾不是很公道
評分小布什的8年,是戰爭的八年,不,是國傢安全的8年。
評分他不是一個人戰鬥,他是帶領一群人去群毆
評分站在布什的立場開始重新認識美國近8年多的曆史。9.11恐怖襲擊、阿富汗和伊拉剋戰爭在各種陰謀論的充斥下不知道該去選擇信什麼,但是在讀過之後無論書中的內容是真是假,總歸給瞭世人另一個可以選擇的解答。
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