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Summary: Lied for Clinton
Review: Gee, I wonder what happened to my previous review? Not surprising that it was censored given the lies spewed by the author in this book. And not a mention of her foolish defense of the lying liar named Clinton. Remember, this is the woman that likes to call people "bipolar", making light of a serious disorder. In any case, the book glosses over the serious errors made by possibly the worst secretary ever because of her kowtowing to foreign despots.
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Summary: What a joke of a Secretary of State
Review: How DELIRIOUS I am that the whole Clinton gang are gone! What fools and what short-sighted people we had to endure for 8 LONG years! Every thing President Bush has had to deal with since taking office is a direct result of what Clinton DID and DIDN'T DO to be responsible. And to have to listen to Ms. Albright make excuses and twist history is almost more than I can bear!
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Summary: Madame Secretary
Review: I couldn't possibly afford this book when it was first published, yet I sacrificed my needs to buy it as soon as it hit the bookstores. I've had it in my bookshelf since then, and I read just a few pages a day. I wanted it to be a long-lasting book yet I've read it so fast. Madame Secretary, sacrificed a lot of her energy to bring freedom and peace not just in Kosova my country, but wherever she possibly could. Madame Secretary's actions will be appreciated forever because she always worked for what was right and when one works for what's right there's no way things can go wrong even if they may seem so.
Her book is as delightful as her personality.
It is well written,informative and not one page is boring. She starts her book with her family and she talks about her father who was a prominent czechoslovak diplomat - a fighter of freedom who despised the communism. If it wasn't for his hatred towards communists we would never have the pleasure of having Madeleine Albright as a Madame Secretary because she and her family would never be forced to leave their homeland Czechoslovakia.
Madeleine, was only eleven years old when she came to U.S.A. but from the very beginning she was as patriotic as half if not all U.S. immigrants put together. She became a proud American and she worked for a better U.S.A. in any ways she could. She's a great lesson to all immigrants including the future ones, that a country that gives you freedom and treats you equally should be given something back - at least some appreciation.Time is the best friend of truth and while reading this book I discovered that Clinton's administration was heaps better than
Bush's one! It's sad that some people can not understand that just yet especially when it is so obvious. Since the day Bush,
has been appointed a U.S. President things have gone so badly in so many ways, economically, and worst of all, Americans are not as safe in their peacekeeping missions as they were when Clinton
was a president. David Letterman, didn't have that much laughing material with any other president as he has with George W. Bush, and what can one expect from a show-off yet clumsy person like he is. I truly hope general Wesley Clark will be his successor. He brought peace to Kosova without any casualties! As a matter of fact Americans in Kosova are not threatened at all - in contrary they are all revered and greatly appreciated by everyone for bringing peace to their long oppressed country. "What are you saving this superb military for, Colin, if we can't use it?" - Madeleine asked Colin Powell, Bush's state of secretary - who appearantly didn't want the American military to take on that job (Bosnia) - which would save thousands of lives and perhaps lose none of its troops. Anyways, later there was no other choice and U.S. intervened and liberated Bosnia.Now I wonder, how come mr.Colin Powell, did want the American military to take the Iraq's job when he must have known really well how crazed the Iraqis and some of their admirers really are and how organised they should really be so 100% safety to U.S. soldiers was guaranteed to them. I really had great thoughts about Colin Powell, I thought he was a very smart man but learning that he opposed actions towards serbs terror in Bosnia and seeing U.S. soldiers getting killed in daily basis in Iraq, now when he's in power yet doing almost 'nothing' about it - makes me doubt his ability to perform as a secretary of state. I really hope Democrats take over again so they could teach Iraqi's a good lesson without any casualties on our civilised side.
If there only was an Albright in White House now, perhaps our troops in Iraq would have been more safer while the diplomacy would carry on. Madeleine Albright, never let Clinton down just as she promised to him on the day when she was chosen as secretary of state.
She always served the World in the U.S. behalf with the best intentions - and her remarkable personality and her restless work for Free and Peaceful World, will always be remembered with great admiration.
WE LOVE YOU MADAME SECRETARY and We're proud of what you have done for the sake of a more peaceful world. God bless You and U.S.A., the symbol of FREEDOM and HOPES. Highly Recommended.
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Summary: The best autobiography I've read!
Review: I didn't want it to end. What a wonderful, delightful, insightful book Madeleine has written. To read this book is to walk in her shoes, and to know what it is like to not only care deeply and passionately about foreign affairs and far away countries, but what a single individual along with a motivated team (she could never forget her team) can accomplish in a poultry 4 years, to change the course of history and the lives of women, men and children we may never met. Thanks Madam Secretary! A reader From The Front Range of Colorado and the High Desert of Phoenix.
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Summary: Fascinating book, frank and entertaining
Review: I don't normally read autobiographies (another member of my book club recommended this)-- but I really enjoyed Madam Secretary. She has a gift of making history understandable and interesting. Her story of struggling for excellence, working hard, trying to juggle family life with work, really resonated. I appreciated her frankness and her sense of humor. A lot of historical figures came alive as people, prior to her book I remembered them vaguely as photos in a newspaper. This book does not deserve the vicious attacks by some conservative reviewers who are merely venting their fury at the Clinton administration. It's a great book and great read. Albright deserves her reputation as a stateswoman -- also a good writer.
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Summary: A Political Resume
Review: I found it funny that this book was referred to as an autobiography in a previous review. I also thought it would be an autobiography when I saw her on TV pushing it. This reads like a political resume for a position in the next democratic cabinet (like vice-president). I would say she is as qualified as, say Dan Quayle, to be VP but unless you are a Democrat you might not finish this book which is a puff piece that reads as if her mother wrote it. I also found sections to be disingenuously vague. I'm glad I picked it up at the library and didn't pay for it.
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Summary: An inspirational life told beautifully
Review: I have no words that would do this book and woman justice. Just buy and read it! Madeleine, thank you for your hard work and inspiration. I dream of someday speaking with you.
Rating:
Summary: An inspirational life told beautifully
Review: I have no words that would do this book and woman justice. Just buy and read it! Madeleine, thank you for your hard work and inspiration. I dream of someday speaking with you.
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Summary: Good catchup on foreign issues
Review: I keep generally informed about foreign issues. Rading this book was an interesting and painless way to keep track of all the specifics of what went on in foreign affairs in the past 15 years or so and put what's going on now in better perspective.
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Summary: Fascinating ... highest ranked woman in US history
Review: I love this book. Albright is stunningly candid about many things and people, and tells the story of her Czech youth growing up under Communist oppression, the significant role that her father led in that country that gave her access and insight to the amazing transformation when the Wall fell in Europe - to her ex-husband and his powerful family, their publishing empires and more - to her early campaign history and how she navigated the political channels of Washington through victories and losses, as she became UN ambassador and eventually Secretary of State under Clinton - the manner in which she navigated through all of this - and the incredibly array of people and fascinating anecdotes of her relationships with so many world leaders and very well known people - all as fascinating as any work I've ever read, non-fiction or otherwise. She's a great writer, and a has led a life that you will find remarkable and interesting to read about. Couldn't put it down, great book.
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