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A Journey With Hillary Clinton To The New Frontiers Of American Power
Times Books
March 2013
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Featuring: Hillary Clinton
320 pages ISBN: 080509511X EAN: 9780805095111 Kindle: B00940KTFI Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
An inside story of Hillary Clinton's time as Secretary of
State, anchored by Ghattas' own perspective and her quest to
understand America's place in the
world From Beirut to
Washington is the first book of its kind: drawing on
extensive interviews with administration officials,
including Clinton herself, as well as other players around
Washington and overseas, it provides a detailed look at an
intensely private woman--arguably the most powerful woman in
the world--from a journalist and author with both an insider
and a global perspective.
From Beirut to Washington
tells the story of Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of
State, from the first days of the Obama administration, to
the drama of Wikileaks, to the "Arab Spring" uprisings, and
the standoff with Iran. Through Ghattas' eyes, we see
Clinton under the intense professional spotlight commanded
by the world’s chief diplomat, but also in the softer
lighting of the more personal nuances of foreign relations -
cheerfully boarding her plane at 3 AM after no sleep,
committing a diplomatic blunder when she goes off-script at
a press conference in Jerusalem, or cajoling foreign
ministers to keep the coalition together during the war in
Libya. Viewed through Ghattas'
vantage point as a half-Dutch, half-Lebanese citizen who
grew up in the crossfire of the Lebanon civil war--and her
personal quest to understand America's place in a rapidly
changing global landscape--the book offers a close-up of
diplomacy at the highest level while seeking to answer
pivotal questions about the United States. Is America still
the global superpower? If not, who or what will replace it,
and what will it mean for America and the world?
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