- Taschenbuch: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: Saint Martin's Press; Auflage: Revised (Juni 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312195052
- ISBN-13: 978-0312195052
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,5 x 15,5 x 2,2 cm
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- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.136.885 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A slapdash effort, lacking in critical perspective and reading like a background report for an ``Albright for President'' campaign. Blood, a lobbyist and trustee of the Democratic National Committee, is so gushing about his subject that he may have unwittingly created a new phenomenon: damning with great praise. For example, after Albright's appointment as UN representative, it is claimed that she ``singlehandedly transformed her post from mere messenger to chief architect and articulator of American foreign policy.'' Chief architect? Given this heady position it might seem difficult to explain foreign policy failures without tarnishing Albright's image, but when Blood looks at the Somalia fiasco, there is an answer, for she was ``proactively excluded from the policy-making process.'' The hyperbole is actually cranked up another notch upon her ascent to secretary of state: Blood claims that Albright is the first person since John F. Kennedy to establish a personal connection between American foreign policy and the rest of the world, and that ``people flock to see [her] like a rock star.'' By the end of the book one expects Albright to don a costume with a large S on the chest and fly off to save the world. Refusing to mention anything that could be characterized as criticism and recognizing only superior personal qualities is ultimately a disservice to Albright, however. She probably is a fine person and an outstanding public servant, but we all know that when issues are serious and complex, no person or policy can always be right; painting inherently gray material strictly in black-and- white only serves to irritate readers and leave them wondering about Albright as well as the author. If Albright is nearly as upright and moral as the person portrayed in this volume, she will surely be embarrassed by it. (24 b&w photos, not seen) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Blood, CEO of a lobbying firm and a member of the Democratic National Committee, offers the first book-length account of the first woman appointed U.S. secretary of state. Focusing on the years Albright taught at Georgetown University through her high-profile tenure as United Nations ambassador, he gives excellent coverage to such matters as her role in the replacement of U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali and the behind-the-scenes events leading to her cabinet appointment. Though his account is detailed, Blood relies largely on newspaper and magazine interviews and articles for source material and does not give footnotes. For public libraries and women's studies collections.?Jill Ortner, SUNY at Buffalo
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Very disapointing. I picked up this book to find out about how Secretary Albright became what she is now. I was looking forward to reading about her upbringing, college years, and her climb up the diplomatic ranks. Instead, I read pages upon pages of flattering, completely subjective, congratulatory material that to me, seemed to serve only one purpose -- to show why Albright is the best Secretary of State American people have ever had and will ever have. The author is entitled to his own opinion, of course, but I would expect a more academic, probing, and interesting analysis of a great stateswoman's career in a definitive biography. Every sentence in this book is permeated with utter love and enthusiasm for the Clinton Administration and Secretary Albright, with a very little layer of objective examination of the subject at hand. I think I'll pick up a different biography of Madelaine Albright next time.
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The fact that this book even got published makes my head smart with incredulity; there is no political objectivity or critical analysis to be found anywhere on the printed pages nor is there any scholarly, in-depth research on the life of our country's first woman Secretary of State. In the author's eyes, if one can call him that, Madeline Albright is the goddess of the State Department, and that's that. This book is astounding in that it is so terrible; it is nothing but shoddy work -- a meandering diatribe that resembles a poorly written fifth grade book report. To say more would be a waste of space and time...
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Zero objectivity and could be better written
28. August 1998
Format:Taschenbuch
Very disapointing. I picked up this book to find out about how Secretary Albright became what she is now. I was looking forward to reading about her upbringing, college years, and her climb up the diplomatic ranks. Instead, I read pages upon pages of flattering, completely subjective, congratulatory material that to me, seemed to serve only one purpose -- to show why Albright is the best Secretary of State American people have ever had and will ever have. The author is entitled to his own opinion, of course, but I would expect a more academic, probing, and interesting analysis of a great stateswoman's career in a definitive biography. Every sentence in this book is permeated with utter love and enthusiasm for the Clinton Administration and Secretary Albright, with a very little layer of objective examination of the subject at hand. I think I'll pick up a different biography of Madelaine Albright next time.
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Wished I'd returned the book
27. November 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
I agree with the other reviewers. I, too, was looking forward to a critical and well-argued review of Albright's career. Instead, this book is page upon page of thin fawning and simplistic worship. Just for fun, I tried to find one single paragraph critical of Albright in the chapter on her relationship with Powell. I couldn't find one.
Where was the editor when this book was being written? Why was this author chosen to write this biography? Surely there must be credible authors able to recount a far more analytical and balanced story than Thomas Blood.
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Saccharine waste of money
19. Februar 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
I bought this book by mistake. Its title was the same and the cover is almost the same as the real thing ie Madeleine Albright's autobiography. The author is clearly a fan, so much so that it is full of saccharine platitudes and name dropping. I'll be looking more closely next time - particularly at anything published by St Martin's Griffin or authored by an uncritical Mr Blood.
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