February 13, 2004

Books

Madame Secretary

Madam SecretaryA MemoirMadeleine AlbrightMiramax, $27.95, 562 pp.

Margaret O'Brien Steinfels

Madeleine Albright’s mea-s-ure as secretary of state (1997-2001) could be taken by comparing her to Warren Christopher, her predecessor, and Colin Powell, her successor. Christopher was the passive instrument of the Clinton administration’s first-term aversion to foreign affairs. On his watch, Bosnia festered and Rwanda blew up in a genocidal rage. Colin Powell has become t (...)


 

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