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Madam Secretary (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Madeleine Albright
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Category: Book
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 928444
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 928
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 0375432159
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.929092
EAN: 9780375432156
ASIN: 0375432159
Publication Date: September 9, 2003
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Madeleine Albright is one of the most admired women of our era and the rst in American history to serve as Secretary of State. For eight years, during Bill Clinton's two presidential terms, she was a decision-maker and inside observer of the most dramatic episodes of recent years-from NATO's decision to halt ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, to the pursuit of peace in the Middle East. Now, in an outspoken memoir, she shares her story and provides a ringside view of world affairs during a period of unprecedented turbulence. Albright's story begins with her childhood as a Czechoslovak refugee, whose family fled rst Hitler and then the Communists. In America, Albright grew up to be a passionate advocate of civil and women's rights and followed a zigzag path to a career that ultimately placed her in the upper stratosphere of diplomacy and policy-making in her adopted country. Refreshingly candid, Madam Secretary brings to life the world leaders Albright dealt with intimately in her years of service and the battles she fought to prove her worth in a male-dominated arena. There are colorful portraits of such leading American gures as Bill and Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell, Jesse Helms, and of a host of fascinating foreign ofcials-Vaclav Havel, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon, Benjamin Netanyahu, King Hussein, Vladimir Putin, Slobodan Milosevic, and North Korea's mysterious Kim Jong-Il. Besides these many encounters with the famous and powerful, we get to know Albright the private woman: her life raising three daughters, the painful breakup of her marriage to the scion of one of America's leading newspaper families, and the discovery late in life of her own Jewish ancestry and that her grandparents had died in concentration camps. Madam Secretary is sure to be one of the signature books of the early years of the twenty-rst century-a tapestry both intimate and panoramic, personal and public, a rich memoir destined to become a classic.
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 Madam Secretary September 13, 2008
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. I also have a better understanding of Eastern Europe and Israeli/Palestinian conflicts.
Madeline Albright is a an excellent writer and a great role model.
Look at policy from a new angle February 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great audio that peeks candidly into the life of a very famous person. If nothing else you should listen to it to get some historical relevance to a living leader. It is provocative and glimpses into the jet setting life and yet manages to down to the details of how she manages to get a professional blow dry for her very difficult to manage hair. This audio puts a nice twist on a very powerful lady. Better than the book.
A very good "read" September 27, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a very good bio ;read by the author which gives it some extra interest and dimension. This could have been a dry tome except for the little glimpses of Ms. Albright and her human side and how she used her humaanity to affect world policy. Further proof that " if women ruled the world..." is something to be considered. I believe that while Ms. Albright was at the helm as secretary of state , we were all a little bit safer.
Madam Secretary! September 16, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
An admireable lady with lots of guts! She has accomplished some feats that would be nearly impossible for most of us. Learn the real facts about Madam Secretary!
 If you want to learn more about her as a person fine but lacking insights into important issues of her time September 6, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This tape provides a very good personal history of her as a person but, unfortunately, very little with respect to analysis of policies and issues when she was foreign secretary. There is very little discussion as to how and why major foreign policy decisions were made, interaction of the main players in these decisions, what goals (short and long term) were and other aspects involving foreign policy decisions and strategies. All these should have been discussed. Is this not why someone buys a book like this to begin with? It's as if the book defeats its purpose.
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