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''Hard Choices'' is a memoir of former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, published by Simon & Schuster in 2014, giving her account of her tenure in that position from 2009 to 2013. It also discusses some personal aspects of her life and career, including her feelings towards President Barack Obama following her 2008 presidential campaign loss to him. It is generally supportive of decisions made by the Obama administration. The book was promoted partly in light of the possibility of a Clinton bid in the 2016 presidential election. Excerpts from the book were released in advance of its publication. Clinton staged an extensive promotional tour for the book, which had the air of a political campaign with groups both for and against her appearing at book-signing events. ''Hard Choices'' became number one on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller List, but sold considerably less than her 2003 memoir, ''Living History''. Interpreting what sales of the book meant for her possible political future became a subject for discussion among interested parties. ==Background and writing== Clinton's last day as Secretary of State was February 1, 2013. As she departed from office, she indicated she was unsure of her future plans but that they did include writing another memoir to follow ''Living History''. On April 4, 2013, Simon & Schuster, her previous publisher, announced that Clinton had signed with them for this new work, with a target publication date of June 2014. Lawyer Robert Barnett handled the negotiations from Clinton's side; the financial terms of any advance or royalties were not publicly disclosed.〔 The ''New York Post'' reported "industry speculation" as saying that her advance could be as high as $14 million. Although not confirmed, that figure has been repeated by some other news sources.〔 From the beginning, the book was partly seen in the light of a possible Clinton bid in the 2016 presidential election.〔 Clinton was assisted in writing the book by two former State Department assistants, speechwriter Dan Schwerin and researcher Ethan Gelber, and by Edward L. "Ted" Widmer, a speechwriter in the Bill Clinton administration. (When the book came out, the three were credited in the Acknowledgements at the back as forming Clinton's "book team".) The first draft of the manuscript was three times its final length. Clinton later said that the writing process had been "terrific" overall, but that "some days were off-the-charts wonderful and some days were not-even-on-the-charts terrible."〔 During April 2014, the official publication date of the book was announced as June 10, 2014, and the title of the book was revealed as ''Hard Choices'' about a week later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hard Choices」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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