Kim Ghattas has been the BBC's State Department Radio and TV correspondent since 2008, and travels regularly with the Secretary of State. She was previously a Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times, based in Beirut. Ghattas was part of an Emmy Award-winning team covering the Lebanon-Israel conflict of 2006. Her work has allso appeared in Time magazine, the Boston Globe, NPR, and the Washington Post. She lives in Washington, DC.
"Poignant and gripping . . . The story of two women from different
generations and cultures, yet bound by a common passion, one that
transcends geographical and political boundaries, reminding us not
just of our differences but of our shared humanity. In all her
roles, Hillary Clinton has always been motivated by a desire to
change the world but has also been prepared to be changed by it. In
her exchanges with Clinton, Ghattas is also prepared to change and
be changed, and through her attempts to know Clinton she also comes
to better know herself, turning this book into a powerful journey
of discovery and self-discovery."
--Azar Nafisi, author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran""Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton becomes the face of a superpower in this
captivating profile. . . [Ghattas's] perceptive reportage on
Clinton's personal leadership grounds a shrewd analysis of
America's role as the still-indispensable nation."
"-Publishers Weekly""[An] engaging look at U.S. diplomacy under
Hillary Clinton. . . Ghattas presents a close-up look at the
touchiest of diplomatic issues in the first Obama administration,
from the Arab Spring uprisings to WikiLeaks. . . a rich portrait of
the different perspectives on U.S. power and influence around the
world as well as her own personal experiences and ambivalence about
the U.S."
-- Vanessa Bush, "Booklist" (starred review)"Kim Ghattas has
written a terrific book--not just our first intimate portrait of
Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, but also a riveting personal
story about what it's like to be a journalist, and a Lebanese woman
at that, living in the Clinton bubble. Ghattas is very smart about
the nuances of American policy and the patient intelligence that is
required for creative diplomacy, and she has made it all come alive
in compelling, page-turning fashion."
--Joe Klein, TIME columnist""The Secretary" is essential reading
for anyone who wants to understand how Hillary Clinton became one
of the
"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton becomes the face of a
superpower in this captivating profile. . . [Ghattas's] perceptive
reportage on Clinton's personal leadership grounds a shrewd
analysis of America's role as the still-indispensable
nation.""-Publishers Weekly""[An] engaging look at U.S. diplomacy
under Hillary Clinton. . . Ghattas presents a close-up look at the
touchiest of diplomatic issues in the first Obama administration,
from the Arab Spring uprisings to WikiLeaks. . . a rich portrait of
the different perspectives on U.S. power and influence around the
world as well as her own personal experiences and ambivalence about
the U.S.""-- "Vanessa Bush," Booklist ("starred review)"Kim Ghattas
has written a terrific book--not just our first intimate portrait
of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, but also a riveting
personal story about what it's like to be a journalist, and a
Lebanese woman at that, living in the Clinton bubble. Ghattas is
very smart about the nuances of American policy and the patient
intelligence that is required for creative diplomacy, and she has
made it all come alive in compelling, page-turning fashion."--Joe
Klein, TIME columnist""The Secretary" is essential reading for
anyone who wants to understand how Hillary Clinton became one of
the hardest working and most active secretaries of state in modern
American history. Ghattas movingly interweaves Clinton's story with
her own as a Lebanese woman. It's hard to read this vivid account
and not wonder how Hillary would perform in the Oval
Office."--David Ignatius, columnist for "The Washington Post" and
author of "Bloodmoney" "Both a splendid bird's eye of view of
Hillary Clinton's life and times, her education and evolution as
America's top diplomat, and an outsider's candid impression of
American power, with all its flaws and its perils but also its
potential for good." -Robert Kagan, Brookings senior fellow and
author of "The World America Made" "Reading "The Se
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