内容简介
In1997,TonyBlairwonthebiggestLabourvictoryinhistorytosweepthepartytopowerandendeighteenyearsofConservativegovernment.Hehasbeenoneofthemostdynamicleadersofmoderntimes;fewBritishprimeministershaveshapedthenation'scourseasprofoundlyasBlairduringhistenyearsinpower,andhisachievementsandhislegacywillbedebatedforyearstocome.Nowhismemoirsrevealinintimatedetailthisuniquepoliticalandpersonaljourney,providinganinsightintotheman,thepoliticianandthestatesman,andchartingsuccesses,controversiesanddisappointmentswithanextraordinarycandour."AJourney"willproveessentialandcompulsivereadingforanyonewhowantstounderstandthecomplexitiesofourglobalworld.Asanaccountofthenatureandusesofpower,itwillalsohaveareadershipthatextendswellbeyondpolitics,toallthosewhowanttounderstandthechallengesofleadershiptoday.
作者简介
TonyBlairbecameanMPin1983,leaderoftheLabourPartyin1994,andwasprimeministeroftheUnitedKingdomfromMay1997toJune2007.Sinceleavingoffice,hehasservedastheQuartetRepresentativetotheMiddleEast,representingtheU.S.,theUN,Russia,andtheEUinworkingwiththePalestinianstoprepareforstatehoodaspartoftheinternationalcommunity’sefforttosecurepeace.InMay2008helaunchedtheTonyBlairFaithFoundation,whichpromotesrespectandunderstandingamongthemajorreligions.HisAfricaGovernanceInitiativeworkswithleadersandtheirgovernmentsonpolicydeliveryandattractingsustainableinvestmentinRwanda,SierraLeone,andLiberia.Healsoworkswithworldleaderstobuildconsensusonaninternationalclimate-policyframework.