01989cam a2200313 a 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230350013000640100017000770200018000940200015001120350024001270350039001510400064001900430012002540500024002660820011002901000032003012450132003332500012004652600036004773000021005135040066005345050440006005200535010406510044015756500026016197000030016455476120230410121203.0071009s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng  a15037366 a 2007041322 a9780061351808 a0061351806 a(OCoLC)ocn174138839 a(OCoLC)174138839z(OCoLC)156816594 aDLCcDLCdYDXdBAKERdIK2dBTCTAdUPZdYDXCPdOMPdYBMdDLC an-us---14aJZ 1480bA341m 200800a327.731 aAlbright, Madeleine Korbel.10aMemo to the President elect :bhow we can restore America's reputation and leadership /cMadeleine Albright with Bill Woodward. a1st ed. aNew York, NY :bHarper,cc2008. a328 p. ;c24 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-312) and index.0 aA 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. aFormer 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. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy2001- 0aPolitical leadership.1 aWoodward, William,d1951-