TY - BOOK AU - Albright,Madeleine AU - Woodward,William TI - Memo to the President elect: how we can restore America's reputation and leadership SN - 0061351806 AV - JZ1480 U1 - 327.73 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York/N.Y PB - HarperCollins KW - Political leadership KW - Außenpolitik KW - gnd KW - Politischer Prozess KW - Regierung KW - Hoher Beamter KW - Politikberatung KW - Entscheidungsfindung KW - Ministerialverwaltung KW - Politische Führung KW - USA KW - Class of Spring 2013 KW - Class of Spring 2010 KW - Guest speaker N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [299] - 312) and index; A mandate to lead -- What kind of president? -- Thy staff shall comfort thee -- The art of persuasion -- Fifty lady sharpshooters -- Be sure you're right; then go ahead -- The lion and the lion-tamers -- New foundations -- Hoops of iron -- America's place in the Asian century -- Pride and prejudice in Russia and South Asia -- One Iraq is enough -- Middle East: the power to choose -- Isolating Al Qaeda -- Above the thundering abyss N2 - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright offers a persuasive, wide-ranging set of recommendations to the prospective winner of the 2008 Presidential election. Secretary Albright explains how to select a first-rate foreign policy team, how to avoid the pitfalls that plagued earlier presidents, how to ensure that decisions, once carefully made, are successfully implemented, and how to employ the full range of tools available to a president to persuade other countries to support U.S. objectives.--From publisher description; Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright offers a persuasive, wide-ranging set of recommendations to the prospective winner of the 2008 Presidential election. Secretary Albright explains how to select a first-rate foreign policy team, how to avoid the pitfalls that plagued earlier presidents, how to ensure that decisions, once carefully made, are successfully implemented, and how to employ the full range of tools available to a president to persuade other countries to support U.S. objectives.--From publisher description ER -