Memo to the President elect how we can restore America's reputation and leadership
Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward
- 1. ed
- 328 p 24 cm
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
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
0061351806 hbk 9780061351808 : hbk
2007041322
Political leadership Außenpolitik Politischer Prozess Regierung Hoher Beamter Politikberatung Entscheidungsfindung Ministerialverwaltung Politische Führung
USA
Class of Spring 2013 Class of Spring 2010 Guest speaker