Madam Secretary: A Memoir

by Madeleine Albright

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Madeleine Albright is one of the most deeply admired women of our time, and the first female in our nation's history to achieve the title Secretary of State. For eight years during the first and second Clinton terms, she was privy to some of the most fascinating and controversial episodes in memory. Now, in this outspoken memoir, Madeleine Albright shares her personal story, and provides an insider's look into the White House and world affairs during an era of unprecedented change. From a difficult start as a political refugee from Czechoslovakia, Albright went on to become a tireless advocate of civil and women's rights, and pursued a life in politics that ultimately landed her in the upper stratosphere of diplomacy and policy-making in her adopted country. Refreshingly candid, Madam Secretary brings to life the world leaders Albright worked with intimately in her years of service, and the battles she fought to prove her worth in a male-dominated arena. We also get to know Albright, the private woman: her life raising three daughters, the painful breakup of her marriage, and the discovery late in life of her own Jewish background and that her grandparents had died in concentration
  • ISBN10 140503369X
  • ISBN13 9781405033695
  • Publish Date 17 October 2003 (first published 6 October 2001)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 June 2007
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Macmillan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 576
  • Language English