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Madam Secretary: A Memoir Hardcover – September 16, 2003
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Print length576 pages
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LanguageEnglish
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PublisherMiramax
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Publication dateSeptember 16, 2003
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Dimensions6.13 x 9.25 inches
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ISBN-100786868430
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ISBN-13978-0786868438
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"A fascinating mix of the official and the unofficial, the political and the personal." -- Rocky Mountain News
"Candid, [she] veers comfortably between the personal and the political. Offers a rare female perspective on diplomatic life." -- Time Out New York
"From mother and socialite to professor and secretary of state...she is frank, assertive...straight-shooting." -- The New York Times
"Her portraits of foreign leaders are lively and evocative...she creates a sense of policy made by real people." -- The New Yorker
"Madeleine Albright has written a different kind of memoir...It's Albright unplugged." -- USA Today
"One of the most diverting political bios in recent memory." -- Entertainment Weekly
"The fascinating story of a remarkable person who has served her country well." -- Dallas Morning News
"Thorough and insightful. Filled with shrewd character sketches of world leaders...Albright's style is engagingly direct." -- Publishers Weekly
"Unlike other memoirs, it has hardly a hint of score settling." -- Time
About the Author
Bill Woodward, a foreign policy specialist, has advised and written for Secretary Albright, Senator John Kerry, Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, and U.S. Representative Gerry Studds. He lives on Capitol Hill with his wife Robin Blackwood and their daughter Mary.
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- Publisher : Miramax (September 16, 2003)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 576 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0786868430
- ISBN-13 : 978-0786868438
- Item Weight : 2.3 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.13 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #757,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,691 in Political Leader Biographies
- #8,143 in Women's Biographies
- #21,774 in Memoirs (Books)
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About the author
Madeleine Albright is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Madam Secretary, The Mighty and the Almighty, Memo to the President, and Read My Pins. She was U.S. Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career of public service includes positions in the National Security Council, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and on Capitol Hill.
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She was Clinton's right hand as they struggled to help the Israelis and the Palestinians reach an accord. Since they left office, the effort seems to have been abandoned.
Her book is down to earth and detailed. She was and is a straight shooter. It is much easier for women who take a male path to success. Not Madeline, she was first a wife and mother and only later a diplomat.
She had, and still has a life outside of her job and shares that with us. She has shown that she is capable of being very tough, but never callous. She suffered the pain of divorce and discovered, only after she was in office, that her family had hidden their Jewish roots. She deftly communicates both her experiences and her feelings. No wonder the rave reviews are so often from women. Count me as one.
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become Secretary of State in the United States, shares with us the story of her life, and a look behind closed doors regarding events that we can already find in the pages of history books. In this book you will find the kind of details regarding her professional life that will allow you to understand things like the dynamics of high stakes negotiations, or the important role that humor plays when trying to avoid direct confrontation.
In her collaboration with Bill Woodward, Albright manages to engage the reader, and even make him laugh. Can you help but smile when you read that "The mood was good - deceptively so. The summit would rapidly deteriorate into an exercise similar to the herding of cats"? Or fail to appreciate Albright's self-deprecating humor when she said to the Security Council that action on an issue had to be delayed until she received orders from Washington, because "The issue will not be decided until the fat lady sings"?
On the whole, "Madam Secretary" is a book that I loved. In my opinion, it is a very good choice for people who like to read witty and well-written autobiographies, but a particularly special treat for those that are also interested or working in the field of International Relations. Highly recommended...
Belén Alcat
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2009
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to become Secretary of State in the United States, shares with us the story of her life, and a look behind closed doors regarding events that we can already find in the pages of history books. In this book you will find the kind of details regarding her professional life that will allow you to understand things like the dynamics of high stakes negotiations, or the important role that humor plays when trying to avoid direct confrontation.
In her collaboration with Bill Woodward, Albright manages to engage the reader, and even make him laugh. Can you help but smile when you read that "The mood was good - deceptively so. The summit would rapidly deteriorate into an exercise similar to the herding of cats"? Or fail to appreciate Albright's self-deprecating humor when she said to the Security Council that action on an issue had to be delayed until she received orders from Washington, because "The issue will not be decided until the fat lady sings"?
On the whole, "Madam Secretary" is a book that I loved. In my opinion, it is a very good choice for people who like to read witty and well-written autobiographies, but a particularly special treat for those that are also interested or working in the field of International Relations. Highly recommended...
Belén Alcat
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In between chapters that show how her professional life unfolded are great sections explaining what happened in Africa with the ethnic cleansings, Bosnia, Iran and Iraq, and so on. All round a great book.I read this on Kindle but I would choose print if I were giving this as a gift -- because much of the value of this sort of book is in the Index which doesn't work in Kindle.
Albright macht die Sache jedoch aus meiner Sicht ausgezeichnet, in dem Sie das Big Picture verfolgt, so dass man zwar genügend Details bekommt, um die Gesamtlage zu verstehen, aber nicht so viel Details, dass die ganze Sache trocken wird. Somit eignet sich das Buch sicher nicht für Politikhistoriker, aber für den normalsterblichen Leser erhält man hier ein interessantes Werk.
Ich kam zu dem Buch, nachdem ich von Albright "Prague Winter" gelesen hatte und fand Madam Secretary mindestens genauso interessant und gut geschrieben. Ich persönlich kann das Buch also nur empfehlen.