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Even as a child, future U.S. Secretary of State saw history up close. As a young girl, she and her Jewish Czech family experienced the brutal Nazi takeover of her country, and, after their flight to safety, the brutal aerial Battle of Britain. Even their joyous post-World War II return to Prague was destroyed by the communist takeover and the onset of the Cold War. In this gripping memoir, she describes the events that made her the person she is. Now in trade paperback and NOOK Book.
Overview
Before Madeleine Albright turned twelve, her life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia—the country where she was born—the Battle of Britain, the near total destruction of European Jewry, the Allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War.
Albright's experiences, and those of her family, provide a lens through which to view the most tumultuous dozen years in modern history. Drawing on her memory, her parents' written reflections,...