Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part 1 From Madlenka to Madeleine Albright
1 Heroes and Villains 3
2 Becoming an American 18
3 Best of All Possible Worlds 31
4 Family Values 48
5 Mrs. Albright Goes to Washington 63
6 From Pole to Pole 77
7 'Til Death Do Us Part 94
8 The Velvet Revolution 109
Part 2 Fourteen Suits and a Skirt
9 A Sign Saying Simply "United States" 127
10 New World (Dis)Order 141
11 Frequent Flyer 162
12 Horror in the Balkans 178
13 The Strength of My Own Voice 195
Part 3 Madam Secretary
14 "I Want You to Be My Secretary of State" 217
15 Names on the Synagogue Wall 257
16 Building a Europe Whole and Free 252
17 Migraine Hussein 274
18 Welcome to the Middle East 290
19 "Palestinians and Israelis Coming Together" 308
20 Dueling with Dictators 521
21 As the World Turns 341
Part 4 Waging War, Pursuing Peace
22 A Special Kind of Evil 363
23 "Milosevic Is the Problem" 381
24 Kosovo: Diplomacy and the Threat of Force 396
25 The Alliance Prevails 411
26 Freedom and Order in the Global Era 432
27 Inside the Hermit Kingdom 458
28 The Fruitless Quest 476
29 Had We But World Enough, and Time 501
Epilogue 515
Selected Chronology 522
Official International Travel, 1993-2001 530
Acknowledgments 535
Gratitude 539
Index 545