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Memo to the President Elect by Madeleine Albright: Book summary and media reviews.
Memo to the President Elect How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
by Madeleine Albright
Published in USA Jan 2008,
320 pages.
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Book Summary
After eight years of mismanagement and miscalculation under George W. Bush, the office of the American president will be at an alltime low. The new commanderinchief will have to recover quickly and rebuild completely. In Memo to the President Elect, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright offers a persuasive, wideranging set of recommendations to the prospective winner of the 2008 Presidential election. Secretary Albright explains how to select a firstrate 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.
Making full use of her experience as an adviser to two presidents and as a key figure in four presidential transitions, Secretary Albright addresses all the major world conflicts that are sure to be paramount over the next four years at the White House. Top on her list are our confrontation with terror, Iraq, the Middle East, the control of nuclear weapons, the rise of Asia, emerging threats to democracy, and the management of U.S. relations with troublesome leaders, including Iran's President Mahomoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and North Korea's Kim JongIl. With the 2008 election campaign entering its decisive phase, Memo to the President Elect will be an indispensable companion to what is sure to be a highly volatile race.
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