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Book A History of the Albright Family

Download or read book A History of the Albright Family written by Eula Albright and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Early American History of the Albright Family

Download or read book The Early American History of the Albright Family written by and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Early American History of the Albright Family

Download or read book The Early American History of the Albright Family written by Gail Breitbard and published by . This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Some Records of the Albright Family

Download or read book Some Records of the Albright Family written by Claribel Albright McClain and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seasons of Her Life

Download or read book Seasons of Her Life written by Ann Blackman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Madeleine Korbel Albright was sworn in as secretary of state in January 1997, she made headlines around the world. She was the first woman to rise to the top tier of American government and had a reputation for defining foreign policy in blunt one-liners that voters could understand. When her Jewish heritage was disclosed, people were intrigued by her personal story and wondered how it was possible -- if it were possible -- that she truly could have been ignorant of her past. Veteran Time magazine correspondent Ann Blackman has written the first comprehensive biography of Madeleine Albright. The book reveals a life of enormous texture -- a lonely, peripatetic childhood in war-ravaged Europe; two harrowing escapes from her homeland, once from the Nazis, then from the Communists; her arrival in America; Madeleine's unhappiness as a teenager in Denver, always the outsider, the little refugee; her marriage into an old American newspaper family with great wealth. When, after twenty-three years, the marriage failed, Albright was devastated. But in many ways, divorce liberated her to pursue a lifelong interest in government and international affairs. From Senator Edmund S. Muskie's office to President Carter's White House to a professorship at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, Albright gained experience and contacts. As a foreign affairs advisor to Democratic vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro and, later, presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, Albright positioned herself to return to government as President Clinton's ambassador to the United Nations and eventually to claim her ultimate prize -- the office of secretary of state. With both insight and compassion, Blackman shows how the changing cultural mores of the last four decades affected Albright and other women of her generation: the self-doubt she experienced when, as a young mother in an era when real mothers didn't work, she decided to take a job on Capitol Hill; the problems she faced as a female professor who was not always taken seriously in the white man's world of foreign policy; the psychological transformation from spending most of her professional life as a staffer who wrote talking points for others to becoming a woman of consequence in her own right; the ups and downs of an ambitious, driven woman who still carries her share of insecurities, now concealed by a veneer of power and celebrity. In writing this landmark book, Blackman drew on archival material in the United States, Britain, and the Czech Republic, as well as interviews with almost two hundred friends and colleagues of Albright and her family, including President Clinton, Czech Republic President Václav Havel, and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, She also spent many hours with Albright herself who, feet up in her Georgetown living room, offered startlingly frank and poignant comments on her life, past and present. The book is enhanced with twenty-five photos, many from the Secretary's personal collection.

Book Prague Winter

Download or read book Prague Winter written by Madeleine Albright and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A riveting tale of her family’s experience in Europe during World War II [and] a well-wrought political history of the region, told with great authority. . . . More than a memoir, this is a book of facts and action, a chronicle of a war in progress from a partisan faithful to the idea of Czechoslovakian democracy.” -- Los Angeles Times Drawn from her own memory, her parents’ written reflections, and interviews with contemporaries, the former US Secretary of State and New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Albright's tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring Before she turned twelve, Madeleine Albright’s life was shaken by some of the most cataclysmic events of the 20th century: the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, the Battle of Britain, the attempted genocide of European Jewry, the allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. In Prague Winter, Albright reflects on her discovery of her family’s Jewish heritage many decades after the war, on her Czech homeland’s tangled history, and on the stark moral choices faced by her parents and their generation. Often relying on eyewitness descriptions, she tells the story of how millions of ordinary citizens were ripped from familiar surroundings and forced into new roles as exile leaders and freedom fighters, resistance organizers and collaborators, victims and killers. These events of enormous complexity are shaped by concepts familiar to any growing child: fear, trust, adaptation, the search for identity, the pressure to conform, the quest for independence, and the difference between right and wrong. Prague Winter is an exploration of the past with timeless dilemmas in mind, a journey with universal lessons that is simultaneously a deeply personal memoir and an incisive work of history. It serves as a guide to the future through the lessons of the past, as seen through the eyes of one of the international community’s most respected and fascinating figures in history. Albright and her family’s experiences provide an intensely human lens through which to view the most political and tumultuous years in modern history.

Book The History of the S  J   Red  Albright and Mary V  Mackall Family

Download or read book The History of the S J Red Albright and Mary V Mackall Family written by Bonnie Shoemaker and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Albright family, including ancestors, descendants and human interest stories.

Book Albright Family History

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  • Author : Marilyn Jean Albright Berger
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  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 496 pages

Download or read book Albright Family History written by Marilyn Jean Albright Berger and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Jacob Albright was born in 1695 in Germany. He married Magdalena and they had four children. The family emigrated in 1732 and settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee, Wyoming, Kansas, Louisiana and elsewhere.

Book Albright Family Records

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  • Author : Alamance County Historical Association
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Albright Family Records written by Alamance County Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Albright  Allbright Family

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  • Author : Willard Francis Allbright
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  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 133 pages

Download or read book Albright Allbright Family written by Willard Francis Allbright and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Jacob Albright (or Allbright) who was born ca. 1795. He married Effy Erwin 19 October 1815 in Muskingum Co., Ohio. They lived in Ohio and were the parents of five sons and seven daughters. Descendants and relatives lived in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Nebraska, Montana, Missouri, Illinois and elsewhere.

Book Albright Family Genealogy

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  • Author : Augustus Garland Albright
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  • Release : 1915*
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 83 pages

Download or read book Albright Family Genealogy written by Augustus Garland Albright and published by . This book was released on 1915* with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Albright  Eichelbarger  Snodderly Family History

Download or read book Albright Eichelbarger Snodderly Family History written by Anna Rae Hobbs and published by . This book was released on 1980* with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Some Data on the Albright Family

Download or read book Some Data on the Albright Family written by Augustus Garland Albright and published by . This book was released on 1915* with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fascism  A Warning

Download or read book Fascism A Warning written by Madeleine Albright and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today’s world, written by one of the most admired public servants in American history, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state A Fascist, observed Madeleine Albright, “is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.” The twentieth century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions dead. Given the horrors of that experience, one might expect the world to reject the spiritual successors to Hitler and Mussolini should they arise in our era. Fascism: A Warning is drawn from Madeleine Albright's experiences as a child in war-torn Europe and her distinguished career as a diplomat to question that assumption. Fascism, as she shows, not only endured through the twentieth century but now presents a more virulent threat to peace and justice than at any time since the end of World War II. The momentum toward democracy that swept the world when the Berlin Wall fell has gone into reverse. The United States, which historically championed the free world, is led by a president who exacerbates division and heaps scorn on democratic institutions. In many countries, economic, technological, and cultural factors are weakening the political center and empowering the extremes of right and left. Contemporary leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are employing many of the tactics used by Fascists in the 1920s and 30s. Fascism: A Warning is a book for our times that is relevant to all times. Written by someone who not only studied history but helped to shape it, this call to arms teaches us the lessons we must understand and the questions we must answer if we are to save ourselves from repeating the tragic errors of the past.

Book Hell and Other Destinations

Download or read book Hell and Other Destinations written by Madeleine Albright and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Richly detailed. . . an intimate portrait of a diplomat.” —New Yorker From the seven-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright—among history's most admired and tireless public servants—a revealing, funny, and inspiring reflection on the challenge of continuing one’s career far beyond the normal age of retirement In 2001, when Madeleine Albright was leaving office as America’s first female secretary of state, interviewers asked her how she wished to be remembered. “I don’t want to be remembered,” she answered. “I am still here and have much more I intend to do. As difficult as it might seem, I want every stage of my life to be more exciting than the last.” In that time of transition, the former Secretary considered the possibilities: she could write, teach, travel, give speeches, start a business, fight for democracy, help to empower women, campaign for favored political candidates, spend more time with her grandchildren. Instead of choosing one or two, she decided to do it all. For nearly twenty years, Albright was in constant motion, navigating half a dozen professions, clashing with presidents and prime ministers, learning every day. After leaving the State Department, she blazed her own trail—and gave voice to millions who yearned for respect, regardless of gender, background, or age. Hell and Other Destinations reveals this remarkable figure at her bluntest, funniest, most intimate, and most serious. It is the tale of our times anchored in lessons for all time, narrated by an extraordinary woman who had a matchless zest for life.

Book Madam Secretary

    Book Details:
  • Author : Madeleine Albright
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2013-01-22
  • ISBN : 0062265474
  • Pages : 550 pages

Download or read book Madam Secretary written by Madeleine Albright and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most diverting political bios in recent memory.” -- Entertainment Weekly Revised and updated with a new epilogue, Madam Secretary is the moving and inspiring memoir of one of the most distinguished public figures in American history, seven-time New York Times bestselling author and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright A national bestseller on its first publication in 2003, Madam Secretary is the riveting personal story of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. For eight years, during Bill Clinton’s two presidential terms, Albright was an active participant in some of the most dramatic events of our time—from the pursuit of peace in the Middle East to NATO’s humanitarian intervention in Kosovo. In this thoughtful memoir, one of the most admired women in American history shares her remarkable story, including thoughts on her upbringing in Czechoslovakia and her role as a wife and mother, and provides an insider’s view on global affairs during this period of extraordinary turbulence. Madam Secretary offers an inimitable blend of Albright’s warm humor, personal recollection, and riveting insight on events that shaped our nation and our world.