THE FIRST INSIDE ACCOUNT TO BE PUBLISHED ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON'S
TIME AS SECRETARY OF STATE, ANCHORED BY GHATTAS'S OWN PERSPECTIVE
AND HER QUEST TO UNDERSTAND AMERICA'S PLACE IN THE WORLD.
In November 2008, Hillary Clinton agreed to work for her former
rival. As President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she set out
to repair America's image around the world--and her own. For the
following four years, BBC foreign correspondent Kim Ghattas had
unparalleled access to Clinton and her entourage, and she weaves a
fast-paced, gripping account of life on the road with Clinton in
"The Secretary."
With the perspective of one who is both an insider and an
outsider, Ghattas draws on extensive interviews with Clinton,
administration officials, and players in Washington as well as
overseas, to paint an intimate and candid portrait of one of the
most powerful global politicians. Filled with fresh insights, "The
Secretary" provides a captivating analysis of Clinton's brand of
diplomacy and the Obama administration's efforts to redefine
American power in the twenty-first century.
Populated with a cast of real-life characters, "The Secretary"
tells the story of Clinton's transformation from popular but
polarizing politician to America's envoy to the world in compelling
detail and with all the tension of high stakes diplomacy. From her
evolving relationship with President Obama to the drama of
WikiLeaks and the turmoil of the Arab Spring, we see Clinton
cheerfully boarding her plane at 3 a.m. after no sleep, reading the
riot act to the Chinese, and going through her diplomatic checklist
before signing on to war in Libya--all the while trying to restore
American leadership in a rapidly changing world.
Viewed through Ghattas's vantage point as a half-Dutch,
half-Lebanese citizen who grew up in the crossfire of the Lebanese
civil war, "The Secretary" is also the author's own journey as she
seeks to answer the questions that haunted her childhood. How
powerful is America really? And, if it is in decline, who or what
will replace it and what will it mean for America and the
world?
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