The Mighty and the Almighty [antikvár]

Introduction -- by William J. Clinton Forty-second President of the United States During the time she was secretary of state, the world learned what I already knew: Madeleine Albright is unafraid to take on hard issues or to speak her mind. In The Mighty and the Almighty., she writes with uncommon frankness and good sense about America's international role, religion, ethics, and the current divided and anxious state of the world. To my knowledge, no former secretary of state has written anything similar. It is an unexpected book, drafted against the advice of friends who worried that these topics could not be discussed without stepping on toes. In my experience, the only way to avoid stepping on toes is to stand still. Madeleine Albright is the embodiment of forward movement. After our initial conversation about this project, I called Madeleine to discuss it further, not knowing at the time where she was. It turned out that she was in Gdansk, Poland, commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Solidarity, the democracy movement that ended the cold war and