Madeleine Albright served as America's sixty-fourth secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career also included positions at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She was a resident of Washington D.C., and Virginia.
"Albright [has] serious credibility on the subject. She witnessed
the evils of Fascism firsthand, as her book movingly chronicles.
And she effectively makes the case: pay more attention to the
signals, subtle and strong. A lot more." - The New Yorker
"Why, as Madeleine Albright asks early in her new book, 'are we
once again talking about fascism?' Who better to address these
questions than Albright, whose life was shaped by fascism and whose
contribution to the cultivation of democracy as a stateswoman and
private citizen is unparalleled? In Fascism: A Warning Albright
(with Bill Woodward) draws on her personal history, government
experience and conversations with Georgetown students to assess
current dangers and how to deal with them." - New York Times
"Fascism [is] the work of a woman who knows authoritarianism when
she sees it. And she sees the seeds of it not only in a slew of
leaders hell bent on subverting democratic norms--Turkey's Erdogan,
Venezuela's Maduro, Hungary's Orbán, and others--but also in Donald
Trump, whom she calls in the book 'the first antidemocratic
president in modern U.S. history.'" - The Daily Beast
"Albright outlines the warning signs of fascism and offers concrete
actions for restoring America's values and reputation. There is
priceless wisdom on every page." - Booklist (starred review)
"Besides providing an overview of the careers of Mussolini and
Hitler, Albright looks at leaders such as Venezuela's Hugo Chávez,
Turkey's Recep Erdogan, Hungary's Viktor Orban, and Russia's
Vladimir Putin.... Sage advice in perilous times." - Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
"Incisive... [Albright] offers cogent insights on worrisome
political trends." - Publishers Weekly
"Fascism: A Warning is dedicated to victims of fascism, but also to
"all who fight fascism in others and in themselves". Mrs Albright
has earned the right to that ambitious mission-statement. At a
moment when the question "Is this how it begins?" haunts Western
democracies, she writes with rare authority.... [Yet] if her
learning is to be expected, her way with words is a happy surprise,
as is her wisdom about human nature. Free of geopolitical jargon,
her deceptively simple prose is sprinkled with shrewd observations
about the emotions that underpin bad or wicked political
decisions." - Economist
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