William Woodward Livres

This is a wonderful autobiography about a courageous and kind woman, Madeleine Albright. She is the best leader that came out of the Clinton years! She became the first woman to serve as America's secretary of state. Besides learning about her powerful duties you get to know her on a personal level as wife and mother. I

“A remarkable story of adventure and passion, tragedy and courage set against the backdrop of occupied Czechoslovakia and World War II.” —VÁclav Havel From former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War. An intensely personal journey into the past that offers vital lessons for the future, Prague Winter combines the intimacy of an autobiography with the drama of an exciting and well-told story—all underpinned by the gravity and intelligence of a serious work of history. The result is a highly readable and incisive work filled with tragedy and triumph, a resonant narrative informed by Albright’s remarkable life experience and her characteristic candor in speaking hard truths.

L'ancienne secrétaire d'État de B. Clinton, publie un livre sur la religion et la diplomatie. M. Albright fustige l'administration Bush et soutient B. Obama, le seul capable, selon elle, de rendre crédibilité et attrait à une nation puissante et indispensable. Un éclairage passionnant sur les vraies valeurs américaines et les dangers d'un messianisme arrogant. [SDM].

Leaving office in 2001 as America's first female Secretary of State, Albright considered the possibilities: she could write, teach, travel, give speeches, start a business, fight for democracy, help to empower women, campaign for favored political candidates, spend more time with her grandchildren. Instead of choosing one or two, she decided to do it all. Her memoir of the past twenty years is a haze of constant motion: navigating half a dozen professions, clashing with presidents and prime ministers, learning every day

Selected for its cultural significance, this work contributes to the foundational knowledge of civilization. It offers insights that are deemed essential by scholars, highlighting its importance in understanding historical and societal contexts.

Fascism: A Warning is dedicated to victims of fascism, but also to all who fight fascism in others and in themselves. Mrs Albright has earned the right to that ambitious mission-statement. At a moment when the question Is this how it begins? haunts Western democracies, she writes with rare authority.... [Yet] if her learning is to be expected, her way with words is a happy surprise, as is her wisdom about human nature. Free of geopolitical jargon, her deceptively simple prose is sprinkled with shrewd observations about the emotions that underpin bad or wicked political decisions. The Economist