Cet auteur explore les philosophies politiques et économiques qui ont façonné la gouvernance moderne, en particulier dans le contexte des changements mondiaux et de l'expansion économique. Son œuvre se penche sur l'équilibre entre les politiques publiques et les causes internationales, en mettant l'accent sur les approches des problèmes mondiaux critiques. L'auteur examine des cadres complexes de gestion de l'État et leurs impacts sociétaux, réfléchissant aux complexités du leadership en période de changements importants.
Tous les présidents font des cauchemars. Celui-ci va se réaliser. Matthew Keating, ex-Navy SEAL et ancien président des Etats-Unis, a toujours ardemment défendu sa famille et son pays. Lorsqu'un terroriste kidnappe Melanie, sa fille adolescente, il se lance dans une opération qui sera l'épreuve de sa vie - celle d'un chef politique, d'un soldat et d'un père. Tout est exact, jusque dans les moindres détails... car l'un des auteurs est le président Bill Clinton. Le suspense ne retombe jamais... car l'autre auteur est le grand James Patterson. Le Président a disparu, première collaboration du tandem Clinton Patterson et numéro un des ventes aux Etats-Unis en 2018, a été largement salué par la critique. "Clinton et Patterson forment une équipe de choc". MICHAEL CONNELLY "Captivant dès la première page. Une lecture incroyable ! " MARY HIGGINS CLARK "On tourne les pages sans même s'en rendre compte et surtout, on se régale des détails fournis par Clinton. Un roman maîtrisé de la première à la dernière ligne". LE PARISIEN Traduit de l'anglais par Dominique Defert. (payot.ch).
Alors que la Maison-Blanche apparaît comme l'un des endroits les mieux gardés
de la planète, le président disparaît brutalement sans laisser de trace.
L'ancien président B. Clinton livre ici un thriller dans les méandres et les
secrets du pouvoir américain.
An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton's My Life is a refreshingly candid look at the former president as a son, brother, teacher, father, husband, and public figure. Clinton painstakingly outlines the history behind his greatest successes and failures, including his dedication to educational and economic reform, his war against a "vast right-wing operation" determined to destroy him, and the "morally indefensible" acts for which he was nearly impeached. My Life is autobiography as therapy--a personal history written by a man trying to face and banish his private demons. Clinton approaches the story of his youth with gusto, sharing tales of giant watermelons, nine-pound tumors, a charging ram, famous mobsters and jazz musicians, and a BB gun standoff. He offers an equally energetic portrait of American history, pop culture, and the evolving political landscape, covering the historical events that shaped his early years (namely the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK) and the events that shaped his presidency (Waco, Bosnia, Somalia). What makes My Life remarkable as a political memoir is how thoroughly it is infused with Clinton's unassuming, charmingly pithy voice: I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts, and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can't be judged only by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgments can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only, response to pain. However, that same voice might tire readers as Clinton applies his penchant for minute details to a distractible laundry list of events, from his youth through the years of his presidency. Not wanting to forget a single detail that might help account for his actions, Clinton overdoes it--do we really need to know the name of his childhood barber? But when Clinton sticks to the meat of his story--recollections about Mother, his abusive stepfather, Hillary, the campaign trail, and Kenneth Starr--the veracity of emotion and Kitchen Confidential-type revelations about "what it is like to be President" make My Life impossible to put down. To Clinton, "politics is a contact sport," and while he claims that My Life is not intended to make excuses or assign blame, it does portray him as a fighter whose strategy is to "take the first hit, then counterpunch as hard as I could." While My Life is primarily a stroll through Clinton's memories, it is also a scathing rebuke--a retaliation against his detractors, including Kenneth Starr, whose "mindless search for scandal" protected the guilty while "persecuting the innocent" and distracted his Administration from pressing international matters (including strikes on al Qaeda). Counterpunch indeed. At its core, My Life is a charming and intriguing if flawed book by an equally intriguing and flawed man who had his worst failures and humiliations made public. Ultimately, the man who left office in the shadow of scandal offers an honest and open account of his life, allowing readers to witness his struggle to "drain the most out of every moment" while maintaining the character with which he was raised. It is a remarkably intimate, persuasive look at the boy he was, the President he became, and man he is today. --Daphne Durham
