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Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.73
EAN: 9780061351808
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0061351806
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: January 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Studio: Harper
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Editorial Review: The next president, whether Democrat or Republican, will face the daunting task of repairing America's core relationships and tarnished credibility after the damage caused during the past seven years. In Memo to the President Elect, former secretary of state and bestselling author Madeleine Albright offers provocative ideas about how to confront the striking array of challenges that the next commander-in-chief will face and how to return America to its rightful role as a source of inspiration across the globe.
Much more than a set of policy prescriptions, Secretary Albright's writing blends lessons from the past with forward-looking suggestions about how to assemble a first-rate foreign policy team, anticipate the actions of other key countries, make full use of presidential power without repeating the excesses of the Bush administration, and revive America's commitment to its founding ideals.
Albright's advice is candid—as conveyed in a confidential memo—and seasoned with humor and stories from her years in office. Drawing on her extensive experience as an advisor to two presidents and a key figure in four presidential transitions, she provides an insider's analysis of U.S. options in addressing the decisive issues of our era: terrorism, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rivalries in the Middle East, the potential for nuclear war, and headaches created by such troublesome leaders as Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, and North Korea's Kim Jong-il.
The 2008 election promises to be one of the most dramatic in our nation's history. Memo to the President Elect offers indispensable guidance for the next occupant of the White House—and a wealth of insights for voters to think about before deciding who that person will be.
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Rating:  - Historic note:
In the 1970's the United States had military bases in Iran. Iranian Officers attended American technical schools, and the Shaw was a strong supporter. Iran enjoyed a growing middle class. The French contacted the White House in 1978, saying Khomeini wanted to return to Iran, and should they let him? Jimmy Carter contacted his State Department and asked for information if this was a good idea. State came back with with this glowing 43 page report about how there was no down side with Khomeini's return. ... Read More
Rating: - memo to the Secretary of State
The American government would do well to stop conducting itself in such a way that former Secretary of State Madeline Albright would declare in a televised interview "we think the price of 500,000 dead Iraqi children is worth it" when she was asked about the devastating consequences of sanctions on Iraq during the 1990s.
Rating:  - Insight That Can be Applied to Every Aspect of Life
"Concentrate on duties that will restore our country's reputation and keep us safe," Madeline Albright urges the next president of the United States in her 2008 book, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership. She outlines her ideas as to what our commander in chief should expect once in office and how he can repair America's standing in the world. She gives numerous examples from history that are pertinent in world politics today and discusses the important issues ... Read More
Rating:  - Memo to the president elect
Madeline Albright writes with knowledge of behind the scenes we see on television. Were she not born in Europe, she would be the perfect canidate for election to the office of president herself. I do hope Mr. Obama has read her book and heeds her advice.
Rating: - Encompassing, funny, makes sense
The book of Madeleine Albright serves as a memo to the President Elect, a type of those she would lay on the table of the President every morning at the times she used to be a Secretary of State. Not surprisingly, the largest and the best part of the book considers the foreign policy with descriptions of the main policy areas; however, Albright leaves time to mundane advice (exercise every day) and stories about her daughters and Georgetown students.
The book might sound as a recollection of simple ... Read More
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