Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America’s 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future."All of us face hard choices in our lives,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes at the start of this personal chronicle of years at the center of world events. "Life is about making such choices. Our choices and how we handle them shape the people we become.” In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, she expected to return to representing New York in the United States Senate.
To her surprise, her former rival for the Democratic Party nomination, newly elected President Barack Obama, asked her to serve in his administration as Secretary of State. This memoir is the story of the four extraordinary and historic years that followed, and the hard choices that she and her colleagues confronted.Secretary Clinton and President Obama had to decide how to repair fractured alliances, wind down two wars, and address a global financial crisis.
They faced a rising competitor in China, growing threats from Iran and North Korea, and revolutions across the Middle East. Along the way, they grappled with some of the toughest dilemmas of US foreign policy, especially the decision to send Americans into harm’s way, from Afghanistan to Libya to the hunt for Osama bin Laden.By the end of her tenure, Secretary Clinton had visited 112 countries, traveled nearly one million miles, and gained a truly global perspective on many of the major trends reshaping the landscape of the twenty-first century, from economic inequality to climate change to revolutions in energy, communications, and health.
Drawing on conversations with numerous leaders and experts, Secretary Clinton offers her views on what it will take for the United States to compete and thrive in an interdependent world. She makes a passionate case for human rights and the full participation in society of women, youth, and LGBT people. An astute eyewitness to decades of social change, she distinguishes the trendlines from the headlines and describes the progress occurring throughout the world, day after day.
Jacob Aliet –
This is a captivating story of Wangari’s turbulent journey from rural Nyahururu to Nairobi City. Wangari takes us through her childhood, her relationship with her parents, and her school experience, to the time she went to the University, coming of age, falling in love, and dealing with heartbreak and trauma.
Very well written in a forthright manner. She is not afraid to share her pain, mistakes, and vulnerabilities, which makes the book very engaging. Good work Wangari!
Teresiah Gitau –
The content is a springboard to practical pathways of food security and sustainability
since people must eat! Transformative, African and Kenyan-led true inspiration to all generations.
Kamau ndungu –
The world is full of real challenges so for an author who takes the approach of setting out real life challenges and how to overcome especially on job loss a common occurrence that has shattered many dreams is motivating. Would encourage and recommend as a good read. It’s short and doable in a day or two
Andy Mumia –
One lesson I have learnt from her, not only heard work and determination can lift your
from where you are but also the attitude and willingness to strive for Success.
Gabriel –
I like her books. They are an eyeopener and informing to a layman who has never been to farming.
Nyambura Muhuriri –
What a captivating read, one filled with great Inspiration and is well expressed.
It goes to show that whatsoever one puts their mind into, be sure to achieve.
Giving up is not an option.
Well done Wangari!
Wangari Kuria –
She faces unimaginable obstacles to become everything she never dreamt possible