Surrender is not an option : defending America at the United Nations and abroad / John Bolton
- Bib ID:
- 4279359
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bolton, John R
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- Edition:
- 1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Threshold Editions, 2007
- viii, 486 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781416552840
- 1416552847
- Summary:
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"The son of a Baltimore firefighter and the first person in his family to go to college, with scholarships to Yale University and Yale Law School, John Bolton studied with preeminent conservative thinkers Robert Boric and Ralph Winter. After law school, he experienced the "Reagan Revolution" firsthand in Edwin Meese's justice department - where the American judiciary was fundamentally reshaped. His diplomatic skills were honed working with Secretary of State James Baker during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, and serving in the administration of President George W. Bush as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs."
"In this revealing memoir, he candidly recounts his appointment in 2005 as Ambassador to the United Nations, his headline-making Senate confirmation battle, which resulted in his recess appointment, and his sixteen-month tenure at the United Nations, Bolton offers keen insight into such international crises as North Korea's nuclear test, Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, the genocide in Darfur, the monthlong negotiation that produced the controversial end of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, and more. Recounting both his successes and frustrations in taking a hard line against weapons-of-mass destruction proliferators, terrorists, and rogue states such as North Korea and Iran, he also exposes the operational inadequacies that hinder the UN's effectiveness in international diplomacy and its bias against Israel and the United States. At home, he criticizes the pernicious bureaucratic inertia in the U.S. State Department that can undermine presidential policy."
"A fascinating chronicle of the career of a distinguished lawyer and diplomat who has fought to preserve American sovereignty and strength at home and abroad, Surrender Is Not an Option is the candid memoir of one of America's outstanding statesmen that is sure to become required reading for everyone interested in international affairs."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Early days
- The Reagan revolution and the Bush 41 thermidor
- Cutting Gulliver loose : protecting American sovereignty in good deals and bad
- Following the yellow cake road on North Korea
- Leaving the driving to the EU : negotiations über alles with Iran
- Why do I want this job?
- Arriving at the UN : fear and loathing in New York
- Sisyphus in the twilight zone : fixing the broken institution, or trying to
- As good as it gets : the Security Council
- Electing the new secretary general : Ban Ki-moon is coming to town
- Security Council successes on North Korea
- Iran in the Security Council : the EU-3 find new ways to give in
- Darfur and the weakness of UN peacekeeping in Africa
- Israel and Lebanon : surrender as a matter of high principle at the UN
- Recessional
- Free at last : back to the firing line.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2007
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