A Promised Land

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Barack Obama
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Crown 2020-11-17 Hardcover 9781524763169

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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.

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.

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##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...  

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##前总统巴拉克·奥巴马写了三本政治回忆录,有意思的是三本书读来就像是由三个不同的人写的:在《我父亲的梦想》里,30岁的奥巴马尚未竞选任何政治职务,这是一位年轻的激进主义者的心声,理想主义且略带愤世嫉俗;在《无畏的希望》中,奥巴马是参议院冉冉升起的新星,曾经的脆...  

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##29个小时,居然听得并不觉得累或乏味,语言与叙事流畅是一部分,内容相对熟悉也是原因。听这本书时时有一种重历过去的感觉——不仅是社会变迁,更是个人的变化,毕竟是自己人生里重要的一段时间,在很多个瞬间,会想到“啊,在那个时候(股价暴跌、就职仪式、油井爆炸……)我在做什么”,因此,这本书给我一种亲切感。亲切感的另一个源头,是在叙述和阐释里面。作为一个随时翻来覆去惦念问题的人,我实在太熟悉这种一想到某件事某个观点就有七八十个角度和层次都不同的念头冒出来的感觉了。我热爱这种能够接受并展示复杂性的脾性,同时也质疑这样的脾性是否适合在彼时彼地做总统这份工,当然党争的剧烈和寸步不让也让复杂和微妙无处容身。最后我依然觉得Obama是一个爱惜羽毛的理想主义者,好还是不好,则是另一个问题,而且也有七八十个角度。

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##【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。回憶錄字裡行間流露出他的真誠和謙遜。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”過程的回憶也能看出美國政治體制的癥結。整個回憶錄十分詳盡: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。

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