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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... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Kosovo
- Washington
- United States
- Russia
- America
- Israel
- White House
- Bosnia
- Europe
- Prague
- China
- New York
- Iraq
- Middle East
- Czechoslovakia
- Iran
- Belgrade
- North Korea
- Africa
- Moscow
- Somalia
- Rwanda
- Yugoslavia
- Balkans
- Poland
- Beijing
- Denver
- Wellesley
- Haiti
- France
- Cuba
- Croatia
- Afghanistan
- Serbia
- Jerusalem
- London
- Pyongyang
- Syria
- Dayton
- Czech Republic
- Soviet Union
- Germany
- Baghdad
- West Bank
- Italy
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
- Chicago
- Long Island
First Sentence edit
I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END.
Table of Contents edit
I. Preface
II. Part One: From Madlenka to Madeleine Albright
1. Heroes and Villains
2. Becoming an American
3. Best of All Possible Worlds
4. Family Values
5. Mrs. Albright Goes to Washington
6. From Pole to Pole
7. 'Til Death Do Us Part
8. The Velvet Revolution
III. Part Two: Fourteen Suits and a Skirt
9. A Sign Saying Simply "United States"
10. New World (Dis)Order
11. Frequent Flyer
12. Horror in the Balkans
13. The Strength of My Own Voice
IV. Part Three: Madam Secretary
14. "I Want You to Be My Secretary of State"
15. Names on the Synagogue Wall
16. Building a Europe Whole and Free
17. Migraine Hussein
18. Welcome to the Middle East
19. "Palestinians and Israelis Coming Together"
20. Dueling with Dictators
21. As the World Turns
V. Part Four: Waging War, Pursuing Peace
22. A Special Kind of Evil
23. "Milosevic Is the Problem"
24. Kosovo: Diplomacy and the Threat of Force
25. The Alliance Prevails
26. Freedom and Order in the Global Era
27. Inside the Hermit Kingdom
28. The Fruitless Quest
29. Had We But World Enough and Time
VI. Selected Chronology
VII. Official International Travel, 1993-2001
VIII. Acknowledgments
IX. Gratitude
X. Index
VII.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Madeleine Albright (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Miramax Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0786868430
Page Count: 562
Publisher: Miramax Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0786868430
Page Count: 562
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E840.8.A37 A3 2003
- Dewey: 973.929092
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