Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations | John Bolton

Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations | John Bolton | The Belly of the Beast

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	Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations John Bolton Threshold Editions, 2007 - 496 pages average customer review:based on 54 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

John Bolton - Great American Who Is NOT Appreciated

John Bolton is one of the smartest, most honest men in this great country, America. You will enjoy hearing him read his book. Of course as always, there are many sides to an issue, however, Truth does win out every time! Thank you John Bolton for letting us know you.

The Belly of the Beast

This book is in a league of its own. This book takes you right inside the belly of the beast. If you have ever been remotely curious at how things really work - the inner workings of the UN, the politics at the highest levels of the US government, State Department etc. This is a must read.

Blockbuster stuff. And the dirt on the permanent bureaucracy? Jaw dropping

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Mr. White Mustache Tells All

I admit I rather admired Bolton before I read this book, but after reading it, I admire the guy even more, the white-mustached David taking on the UN Goliath--although in this case, David didn't exactly win, though he did make an impact. Bolton tells his entire life story, though, unlike some recent political biographies (e.g., Bill Clinton's), he doesn't assail us with every detail of his childhood in youth, fast-forwarding through those periods and bringing us up to his service in the State Department, the one government agency he consistently derides (and backing up his derision with mountains of data). The thing that makes the book so appealing is that Bolton is the Great Pragmatist, not fond of the UN, but willing to accept it as a flawed but potentially useful institution (as all human institutions are, of course). My one beef with the book is the TMI factor--Too Much Information, which I suppose will be useful to some future Ph.D. student doing a dissertation on US foreign relations. The book runs over 400 pages and I wouldn't have minded getting a Reader's Digest version at around 200 pages. But all in all, it is a great read, some delightful insights into George W. Bush, Colin Powell, Condi Rice, and especially UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

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