02098cam a2200349 a 4500 54761 20230410121203.0 071009s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng 15037366 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2007041322 9780061351808 0061351806 (OCoLC)ocn174138839 (OCoLC)174138839 (OCoLC)156816594 DLC DLC YDX BAKER IK2 BTCTA UPZ YDXCP OMP YBM DLC n-us--- JZ 1480 A341m 2008 327.73 Albright, Madeleine Korbel. Memo to the President elect : how we can restore America's reputation and leadership / Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper, c2008. 328 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-312) and index. A 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. Former 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. United States Foreign relations 2001- Political leadership. Woodward, William, 1951- 59698 59698 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 JZ 1480 A341m 2008 00000057104 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk