Memo to the President Elect
Written by Madeleine Albright
Narrated by Madeleine Albright
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About this audiobook
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.
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright served as America’s sixty-fourth secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career also included positions at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She was a resident of Washington D.C., and Virginia.
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Reviews for Memo to the President Elect
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Madeleine Albright is one of those persons that I feel conjugates the theory with the practical realization of the matters. it’s not bs, it is not an abstract perspective of some books read while in holidays or some values that you found through friends you considered intelligent but are not gifted enough to talk with crowds. Her values are real, the way in which her perspective of them was build makes them principles of matter. She would not surrender them. At the same time, she has a realistic perspective of things, of cultures, of the world, of the political involvement necessary to solve affairs of states.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Have read this book twice. Once when I first got it in '08 and then again this past year, '18. It would be nice if our preset president could read. This book could help him.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5She didn't know that Obama would be president. However, she wrote from her vast experience in public life. A must read for Obama.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well-written overview of the challenges that will face the next president, whomever he or she may be. My one complaint was her portrayal of everything Clinton as good or at least well-intentioned and everything Bush as bad. Its understandable given her history, but still irritating.