Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey

Michael Dobbs

Henry Holt and Company, Mar 15, 2000 - Biography & Autobiography - 480 pages

Since becoming secretary of state in 1997, Madeleine Albright has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in the Clinton administration and the chief architect of American foreign policy in the Balkans. As Michael Dobbs makes clear in this timely and important book, it's impossible to understand Albright without an appreciation of the tumultuous events that have shaped her life, and he traces Albright's progress from a European ghetto to the corridors of power in Washington. As the twentieth century comes to a close, the life of this remarkable woman provides much insight into past events and is an inspirational testimony to how willpower and persistence can triumph over every adversity.

About the author

Michael Dobbs was Washington Post bureau chief in Moscow from 1988 to 1993 and covered the State Department through 1997. He returned to the staff of the Post in 1998. He is the author of Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey; An Owl book
• Author: Michael Dobbs
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, 2000
• ISBN: 0805056602, 9780805056600
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography & Autobiography / Women