Hell and other destinations : a 21st-century memoir

Author

Madeleine Korbel Albright

Call Number

• 921 A342 (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]

Physical Description

xi, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Summary

In 2001, when Madeleine Albright was leaving office as America?s first female secretary of state, interviewers asked her how she wished to be remembered. "I don't want to be remembered," she answered. "I am still here and have much more I intend to do. As difficult as it might seem, I want every stage of my life to be more exciting than the last." In that time of transition, the former Secretary considered the possibilities: she could write, teach, travel, give speeches, start a business, fight for democracy, help to empower women, campaign for favored political candidates, spend more time with her grandchildren. Instead of choosing one or two, she decided to do it all. For nearly twenty years, Albright has been in constant motion, navigating half a dozen professions, clashing with presidents and prime ministers, learning every day. Since leaving the State Department, she has blazed her own trail - and given voice to millions who yearn for respect, regardless of gender, background, or age.

Leaving office in 2001 as America's first female Secretary of State, Albright considered the possibilities: she could write, teach, travel, give speeches, start a business, fight for democracy, help to empower women, campaign for favored political candidates, spend more time with her grandchildren. Instead of choosing one or two, she decided to do it all. Her memoir of the past twenty years is a haze of constant motion: navigating half a dozen professions, clashing with presidents and prime ministers, learning every day.

Contents

• Afterlife
• Voice lessons
• From the ground up
• "Do not be angry"
• Quicksand
• Clubbing
• Professor Maddy
• Bulls
• Democrats with a small d
• A foothold
• Things unseen
• Advise and dissent
• Companions
• Digging out
• Making of the President 2008
• First light
• Thought and purpose
• The serpent's tale
• Muscles in Brussels
• A bigger sea
• Puzzles
• Inferno
• R-E-S-P-E-C-T
• "You are just like your grandmother"
• Leaving
• Cradle of civilization
• Breathless
• Midnight
• A warning
• Unhinged
• Renewal
• Shadows and light
• Journal of Růžena Spieglová.