简介
In this collection of essays, Walter Isaacson reflects on the lessons to be learned from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, and various other interesting characters he has chronicled as a biographer and journalist. Isaacson also describes the joys of the "so-called writing life" and the challenges he sees for journalism in the digital age.
目录
Table Of Contents:
Introduction: My So-called Writing Life 1
1. FRANKLIN AND OTHER FOUNDERS
Franklin and the Art of Leadership 23
God of Our Fathers 29
The Opinions of Mankind 34
Best Supporting Actor 38
A Delicate Balance 42
2. STATECRAFTERS
McGeorge Bundy, the Brightest 49
Kissinger and the Roots of Realism 53
He's Back! 56
Kissinger Reappraised 61
James Baker, Wise Man? 66
Madeleine's War 70
Colin Powell, the Good Soldier 77
George Tenet and the Instinct to Please 80
3. REAGAN AND GORBACHEV
We Meet Again 85
The Gorbachev Challenge 89
Yes, He's for Real 96
Figuring Out Ronnie 101
4. THE CLINTONS
Fighting Words 109
I'm Okay, You're Okay 120
5. ALBERT EINSTEIN
Einstein's God 129
Creative Thinker 143
A New Way to View Science 146
Einstein and the Bomb 149
Einstein's Final Quest 156
6. THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY
In Search of the Real Bill Gates 165
The Passion of Andrew Grove 190
Our Century...and the Next One 197
The Biotech Age 205
Person of the Century 208
7. JOURNALISM
Luce's Values, Then and Now 227
Henry Grunwald 232
Maynard Parker 236
George Plimpton 237
A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism 242
8. Interlude: Woody Allen's Heart Wants What It Wants 251
9. NEW ORLEANS, MON AMOUR
Green Trees 263
How to Bring the Magic Back 266
Epilogue: The Future Restored 269
Acknowledgments 283
Introduction: My So-called Writing Life 1
1. FRANKLIN AND OTHER FOUNDERS
Franklin and the Art of Leadership 23
God of Our Fathers 29
The Opinions of Mankind 34
Best Supporting Actor 38
A Delicate Balance 42
2. STATECRAFTERS
McGeorge Bundy, the Brightest 49
Kissinger and the Roots of Realism 53
He's Back! 56
Kissinger Reappraised 61
James Baker, Wise Man? 66
Madeleine's War 70
Colin Powell, the Good Soldier 77
George Tenet and the Instinct to Please 80
3. REAGAN AND GORBACHEV
We Meet Again 85
The Gorbachev Challenge 89
Yes, He's for Real 96
Figuring Out Ronnie 101
4. THE CLINTONS
Fighting Words 109
I'm Okay, You're Okay 120
5. ALBERT EINSTEIN
Einstein's God 129
Creative Thinker 143
A New Way to View Science 146
Einstein and the Bomb 149
Einstein's Final Quest 156
6. THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY
In Search of the Real Bill Gates 165
The Passion of Andrew Grove 190
Our Century...and the Next One 197
The Biotech Age 205
Person of the Century 208
7. JOURNALISM
Luce's Values, Then and Now 227
Henry Grunwald 232
Maynard Parker 236
George Plimpton 237
A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism 242
8. Interlude: Woody Allen's Heart Wants What It Wants 251
9. NEW ORLEANS, MON AMOUR
Green Trees 263
How to Bring the Magic Back 266
Epilogue: The Future Restored 269
Acknowledgments 283
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