David Rockefeller: Memoirs

He was very close to his mother and admired how she found time to show her affection to her children even though her attention was to go to her husband. He gives us a insite view of their lives. It was interesting how he started a bank and how he ran it.

I've reading fragments of the book. This book has been such a great inspiration and it's really worth it having this piece

I reallly cannot write a review of this since I just got it today.

The book came in great condition. However I must have accidentally ordered a used book; because it’s clearly from a library. So I’m a little freaked out over the germs lol... BUT aside from that- great quality and I can’t wait to start reading it.

What a bright, articulate, hard-working man! He would have made it born rich or poor!

The devil speaking his own words!

Book arrived in great condition.

I bought this book to experience the life of David Rockefeller and what it is like to live a life of incredible wealth. In that respect, I did enjoy this book. For example, the Rockefeller kids did not attend an exclusive private grade school. Obviously, his life was still very different from most Americans filled with travel and meeting very famous, intelligent people. After a very interesting educational career and time served in WWII, Rockefeller works initially as an assistant to the Mayor of NY but eventually begins a long career with Chase Manhattan Bank ending as the Chairman. Here, the book really bogged down. Even though he was raised in a life much different than most Americans, his Chase career was marked by a rivalry with a senior loan officer in a battle for the top spot at the bank. Rockefeller spent this part of the book describing the battle in depth without trying to be critical. Frankly, it was more information than was needed and not really becoming. After his ascension to the top spot, the book describes in detail, probably too much detail, his growth of the bank, his relationships with world leaders, and the problems at the bank that almost cost him his job. And possibly it should have. The book ends with Rockefeller reflecting on his philanthropic activities and the ultimate dispostion of the Rockefeller Center. I found this section quite interesting. Overall, I casually enjoyed this book and would recommend it. But it is real time commitment to read and may be considered too boring for many readers. If you are buying this book because you enjoy business biographies, I would not recommend the book as there is no compelling story to tell from a business perspective. It's just a story of a wonderful life from a very wealthy individual who is able to travel in very high circles.

Really interesting book about one of the most emblematic american families ever. The book was in very good conditions.

magnificent writer and a magnificent life in an iconic family

Alles in Ordnung.

Schöne Zitate, in denen Rockefeller viele "Verschwörungstheorien" bestätigt. Gebundene Ausgabe von 2002: Kapitel "Proud Internationalist" Seite 406: "The United States cannot escape from its global responsibilities. Today's world cries out for leadership, and our nation must provide it. In the twenty-first century there can be no place for isolationists: we must all be internationalists." Über "The Council On Foreign Relations" auf Seite 407/408 What, then, gives the Council its strength and reputation? There are several interrelated factors, beginning whit the qualitiy and diverdity of it's membership, New York City's businessmen, bankers, and lawyers once dominated the proceedings, but during the past thirty years the membership has been broadened to include men and women from the communications industry, colleges and universities, and the not for profit world. Auf deutsch: Das Rockefeller Imperium hat sich wie ein Krebsgeschwür nicht nur durch Banken und wichtige Industrien gefressen, sondern auch durch die großen Medien, Hochschulen, Universitäten und die Hilfsorganisationen. Seite 407: "In short, the quality of its membership, ..... - rather than the secret pipeline into the White House and the State Department - are the reasons that the Council of Foreign Relations continues to influence the formulation of American foreign policy." Übersetzt: Es wird Einfluß auf die amerikanische Außenpolitik genommen. Laut unseren Medien eine ganz böse Verschwörungstheorie. Tja, das Buch erschien vor 12 Jahren und kostet ein paar Euro. Ist halt zu viel Recherche für einen echten Journalisten. Doch wahrscheinlich stimmt dies Zitat von 1991, hier ein Auszug von der Ausgabe des Hilaire duBerrier Report (also reported elsewhere in the French press): [Rockefeller] told his listeners: 'We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years....It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during these years....The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers ... is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in the past centuries." Kurz: unsere Presstituieren der großen Medien verkauften sich an die Elite und schwiegen deshalb über die Entwicklung. Berichteten kleinere Nachrichtenanstalten darüber, hieß es, sie ahnen es bereits „Verschwörungstheorie!“ Seite 416: I spoke about this in March 1972 before Chase Investment forums in Montreal, London, Brussels, and Paris, calling for an "international commission ..... "such vital fields as international trade and investments; environment problems; control of crime and drugs: population control;..." Rockefeller forderte eine internationale Kommission die sich auch um die Bevölkerungskontrolle kümmert. Wenn man dann noch die Aussagen gewisser Leute zur "Bevölkerungsexplosion" und den Guides Stones in Georgia dazu nimmt, stellt sich die Frage welche Menschen denn genau zu viel sind. Wer entscheidet dass? Ach, so die Eliten. Auf 416 und 417 beschreibt er seine Freundschaft zu Brzezinski, der später vielen US-Präsidenten als "Berater" diente und heute noch dient. Einer der direkten Verbindungen in die hohe Politik. Seite 419: I have kept a record of most people I have met since the 1940s. Their names are stored in an electronically operated Rolodex that contains upward of one hundred thausend entries. Each card records my first contact and all subsequent meetings, and I can quickly review the nature of my past associations before seeing someone again. In a surprising number of countries – Mexico and Brasil, for instance – I have met every head of the state since World War II, several of them many times. Grob übersetzt: Seit 1940 speichert er alle Kontakte und hat nun über 100.000 Einträge. In vielen Ländern traf er die sämtliche Staatschefs seit dem 2. Weltkrieg. Na, wenn dass kein Netzwerk ist. Zuletzt das bekannteste Zitat auf Seite 405: "Manche glauben gar, wir seien Teil einer geheimen Kabale, die entgegen die besten Interessen der USA arbeitet, charakterisieren mich und meine Familie als "Internationalisten" und Verschwörer, die gemeinsam mit anderen weltweit eine integrierte globale politische und wirtschaftliche Struktur schaffen - die einheitliche Welt, wenn sie so wollen. Wenn das die Anklage ist, dann bin ich schuldig, und ich bin stolz darauf."