Between Hope and History: Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century

by Bill Clinton and William Jefferson Clinton

Book Overview

Between Hope and Historyis the President's articulation of his political philosophy - a philosophy that underpins all his policies and programs as America enters the twenty-first century. The book is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812929136
• ISBN13: 9780812929133
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Good book!!

The world's busiest man took enough time out of his schedule to give us this excellent book. It's well worth a read. Imagine if W could write and be President at the same time. Hell, he can't even read speeches prepared by others. Bush's arrival showed us just how great President Clinton was, and is.

A synthesis and distellation of bill clinton's thought

this book sums up bill lcintons thought and views on many issues that are important. He has some interesting observations about how we have the power to impove ourselves with our power.it is written in his smooth style and is an easy read. I don't think he used any speech writers with this book. I really felt his passion of his convictions here. I hope he can keep busy now he is out of office.he uses some form of the word "is" 104 times in the book, soIguess he now kwos what the word means.

inspiring

In former-President Clinton's "Between Hope and History" he discusses topics ranging from crime to globalization to education reform to the pride of being an American and living in the best democratic model of governance in the world. The book is very inspirational. My favorite quote is on page 175; "I believe that America today stands between hope and history---at the edge of a moment when these two powerful forces are as one, when we can embrace the dawn of the new century, drawing strength and guidance from our past, filled with confidence that in this new age of possibility, our best is yet to come."

Good summary of Clinton goals and speeches

Clinton will not go down in history as a great politcal writer, but this book is a reasonably good summary of his political philosophy, ideas, and goals. My favorite quote: "Even in a free society, real choices exist only if people have the capacity to take advantage of them." The right-wing Clinton-haters can write all the bad reviews of this book they want, but if they actually read it, they might not find it to be so horrible.

A must-read for every American

I've read President Clinton's book three times and I've studied it very carefully. It clearly covers his presidency since his inauguration,and also resumes his vision and objectives for the 21st century. Clinton covers also almost any topics that touched his political career,but there is the lack of one thing: what will be America's role in the 21st century when it comes to space exploration? Anyhow, this books is clear, straight-to-the-point's Clinton's style.