内容简介

　　这本书关注美国社会分裂和政治极化问题，由两位美国青年精英合作而成，是二人在2016-2019年自驾公路旅行的见闻记录，以对话体写就，可读性极强。两人为耶鲁大学法学院的同学，分属共和党和民主党。两人不满足于美国社会分裂的现状，希望走出个人既定的政治身份，探索美国社会生活的真实面向并找寻弥合分裂的可能性。在这个意义上，两人选择的旅行路线跨越美国的中西部、西部、南部、中东部老工业区和墨西哥边境，覆盖了美国生活不同的侧面，涉及政治极化、阶层分化、种族歧视、大规模监禁、去工业化、可持续发展、移民等当下美国社会热点问题。两位作者不仅提供了对当代美国社会生活尤其是社会问题鲜活的观察，而且在行文中持续探讨美国社会真正的力量之源，对于理解美国社会的深层动力极具启发性。两人对话中时现各自党派立场，亦有助于读者一窥两党在不同具体社会议题上的具体态度与认识。

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　　当乔丹和克里斯最后一次关掉引擎时，他们回答了我们这个时代最紧迫的问题:我们之间观念的差距到底有多远?

　　两位耶鲁同学：一位是单身母亲之子，一位是前海军陆战队员；一位是民主党人，一位是共和党人。在充满冲突和党派之争的时代，他们决定上路，在这个分裂国家的大地上，进行一场深刻的个人旅行，以寻找他们生活中的成长、希望和内生的力量。

　　这是一个为期3年的冒险之旅，两位朋友自驾穿越美国44个州，沿着2万余英里的道路，走过亚利桑那州凤凰城特朗普集会上充满催泪瓦斯的街道，驶过墨西哥蒂华纳和华雷斯之间的高速公路，坐进卡车司机皮特的大货车，踏上波特兰渔民的龙虾拖网渔船，走进新奥尔良的爵士俱乐部和塔萨尔曾遭遇屠杀的黑人社区街道。从东海岸到西海岸，我们将全程跟随乔丹和克里斯托弗，聆听前排座位上的争论以及他们与美国人的对话与反思，见证美国生活的当下与未来。

　　作者简介

　　乔丹•布拉什克，来自洛杉矶，他是一名商人、律师、退役军人。本科毕业于普林斯顿大学，后又在耶鲁大学法学院取得法律博士学位，在斯坦福大学商学院取得了工商管理硕士学位。大学毕业后，乔丹作为美国海军陆战队的一名步兵军官开始了他的职业生涯，曾被外派到阿富汗和非洲之角。他在服役五年后以上尉军衔退役。乔丹现在是美国前沿基金的总裁、首席运营官和联合创始人，负责该基金的战略、管理和运营。

　　克里斯托弗•豪，来自加利福尼亚州肯辛顿，是一名作家。以最高荣誉从加州大学伯克利分校毕业后，克里斯进入牛津大学学习，并以奥巴马白宫实习生的身份开始撰写演讲稿。他后来加入了美国国务院的政策规划组，担任国务卿演讲稿的撰写人。2018年，克里斯从耶鲁大学法学院毕业，在那里就读时，他还是耶鲁大学新闻学学者。克里斯目前在旧金山湾区和纽约工作。

Content introduction

The book, which focuses on social division and political polarization in the United States, is a collaboration between two young elites in the United States. It is a record of their road trips from 2016 to 2019. It is written in a highly readable dialogue style. The two were classmates at Yale Law School, both Republicans and Democrats. Not content with the divided status quo of American society, they hope to get out of their established political identities, explore the real aspects of American social life and find the possibility of bridging the divide. In this sense, the travel routes chosen by the two men span the Midwest, West, South, central and eastern old industrial areas of the United States and the Mexican border, covering different aspects of American life, involving political polarization, class polarization, racial discrimination, mass incarceration, deindustrialization, sustainable development, immigration and other current hot issues in American society. The two authors not only provide fresh insights into contemporary American social life, especially social issues, but also continue to explore the real sources of strength in American society, which is highly enlightening for understanding the deep dynamics of American society. The dialogue between the two men reveals their respective party positions, which also helps readers to glimpse the specific attitudes and understandings of the two parties on different specific social issues.

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When Jordan and Chris turned off their engines for the last time, they answered the most pressing question of our time: How far apart are our perceptions?

Two Yale classmates: the son of a single mother and a former Marine; One is a Democrat, one is a Republican. In a time of conflict and partisanship, they decided to hit the road, on a deeply personal journey across the land of a divided nation, in search of growth, hope, and endogenous strength in their lives.

It was a three-year adventure in which the two friends drove through 44 states, along more than 20,000 miles of road, through the tear-gas streets of a Trump rally in Phoenix, Arizona, across the highway between Tijuana and Juarez, Mexico, into the truck driver Pete's big truck, onto the lobster trawler of a Portland fisherman, Into the jazz clubs of New Orleans and the streets of the black neighborhoods where Tassal was massacred. We'll follow Jordan and Christopher from coast to coast, listening to arguments from the front row and their conversations and reflections with Americans as they witness the present and the future of American life.

About the author

Jordan Blashke, from Los Angeles, is a businessman, lawyer, and retired soldier. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business. After college, Jordan began his career as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, deploying to Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. He retired with the rank of captain after five years of service. Jordan is now President, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of American Frontier Fund, where he is responsible for the fund's strategy, management and operations.

Christopher Howe, from Kensington, California, is a writer. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, Chris studied at Oxford University and began writing speeches as an intern in the Obama White House. He later joined the U.S. State Department's policy planning team as a speechwriter for the secretary of State. In 2018, Chris graduated from Yale Law School, where he was a Yale Journalism Scholar. Chris currently works in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York.