Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith, and Dreams of a Mexican President - Softcover

Fox, Vicente

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452289939 ISBN 13: 9780452289932

Publisher: Plume, 2008

Synopsis

The charismatic former president of Mexico offers a candid and provocative perspective on the state of world affairs. As president of Mexico, Vicente Fox brought true democracy to the country after seven decades of one party rule. Elected as a political outsider with a message of honesty, change, and hope, he is truly a hero of democracy, and this vivid book interweaves his inspiring personal story with his hopeful new vision for the future of the Americas. President Fox candidly reveals the ups and downs of his relationships with world leaders from George W. Bush and Tony Blair to Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin, and Hugo Chávez. He also speaks out on hot global topics such as immigration, the war in Iraq, racism, the United Nations, free trade, and the moral imperative to heal the global divide between rich and poor nations. Outspoken, impassioned, sincere, and engaging, Vicente Fox embodies a quality that seems all too rare in world politics these days—the moral character of a genuine leader.

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About the Author

Vicente Fox, born in Mexico in 1942, was the president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. Before being elected president, he was a rancher, bootmaker, Coca-Cola CEO, and governor.

Rob Allyn is an author, commentator, speech writer, and political consultant who has worked closely with Fox for more than a decade.

From Publishers Weekly

Fox, who broke 71 years of one-party rule in Mexico when he became president in 2000, recounts his unconventional approach to Mexican politics as well as how he got there in the first place. With co-writer and political consultant Allyn, he explains his beginnings on his family's ranch, where he slowly began to realize the great difference between himself and the farmhands' children with whom he played. Though he was eventually sent to high school in Wisconsin and completed a university degree in Mexico City, Fox never shed his ranchero ways, rendered rather nostalgically in the book. After a stint as a young top executive with Coca-Cola, Fox began his political career, wearing cowboy boots the whole way. In addition to the story of his assent in politics, Fox offers his opinions on immigration and economic integration, the latter of which he is great proponent. Written with an American audience in mind, he repeatedly presents the argument that more trade between the United States and Mexico, with more jobs in Mexico—not a wall—is the solution to immigration problems. Fox is candid in the book and opens up about the controversial moments of his political career. However, the book reveals less about Fox than about his hopeful vision for the world. (Oct.)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0452289939
• ISBN 13: 9780452289932
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400