Madam Secretary: A Memoir (ISBN 1401359620)

Madam Secretary!:
An admireable lady with lots of guts! She has accomplished some feats that would be nearly impossible for most of us. Learn the real facts about Madam Secretary!

If you want to learn more about her as a person fine but lacking insights into important issues of her time:
This tape provides a very good personal history of her as a person but, unfortunately, very little with respect to analysis of policies and issues when she was foreign secretary. There is very little discussion as to how and why major foreign policy decisions were made, interaction of the main players in these decisions, what goals (short and long term) were and other aspects involving foreign policy decisions and strategies. All these should have been discussed. Is this not why someone buys a book like this to begin with? It's as if the book defeats its purpose.

A very good "read":
This is a very good bio ;read by the author which gives it some extra interest and dimension. This could have been a dry tome except for the little glimpses of Ms. Albright and her human side and how she used her humaanity to affect world policy. Further proof that " if women ruled the world..." is something to be considered. I believe that while Ms. Albright was at the helm as secretary of state , we were all a little bit safer.

Look at policy from a new angle:
This is a great audio that peeks candidly into the life of a very famous person. If nothing else you should listen to it to get some historical relevance to a living leader. It is provocative and glimpses into the jet setting life and yet manages to down to the details of how she manages to get a professional blow dry for her very difficult to manage hair. This audio puts a nice twist on a very powerful lady. Better than the book.

Madam Secretary:
This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. I also have a better understanding of Eastern Europe and Israeli/Palestinian conflicts. Madeline Albright is a an excellent writer and a great role model.