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Hard Choices

Written by: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Narrated by: Kathleen Chalfant, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
Format: Abridged
Release Date:06-10-14
Program Type: Audiobook



Hillary Rodham Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.

In the aftermath of her 2008 presidential run, she expected to return to representing New York in the United States Senate. To her surprise, her former rival for the Democratic Party nomination, newly elected President Barack Obama, asked her to serve in his administration as Secretary of State. This memoir is the story of the four extraordinary and historic years that followed, and the hard choices that she and her colleagues confronted.

Secretary Clinton and President Obama had to decide how to repair fractured alliances, wind down two wars, and address a global financial crisis. They faced a rising competitor in China, growing threats from Iran and North Korea, and revolutions across the Middle East. Along the way, they grappled with some of the toughest dilemmas of US foreign policy, especially the decision to send Americans into harm's way, from Afghanistan to Libya to the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Drawing on conversations with numerous leaders and experts, Secretary Clinton offers her views on what it will take for the United States to compete and thrive in an interdependent world. She makes a passionate case for human rights and the full participation in society of women, youth, and LGBT people. An astute eyewitness to decades of social change, she distinguishes the trendlines from the headlines and describes the progress occurring throughout the world, day after day.

Secretary Clinton's descriptions of diplomatic conversations at the highest levels offer listeners a master class in international relations, as does her analysis of how we can best use "smart power" to deliver security and prosperity in a rapidly changing world - one in which America remains the indispensable nation.

00:00:00 Author's Note

Part 1 - A Fresh Start
00:11:18 2008: A Team of Rivals
01:03:44 Foggy Bottom: Smart Power

Part 2 - Across the Pacific
01:20:23 Asia: The Pivot
01:45:24 China: Uncharted Waters
02:02:12 Beijing: The Dissident
02:24:27 Burma: The Lady and the Generals

Part 3 - War and Peace
03:01:23 Af-Pak: Surge
03:22:43 Afghanistan: To End a War
03:41:42 Pakistan: National Honor

Part 4 - Between Hope and History
04:06:38 Europe: Ties That Bind
04:30:02 Russia: Reset and Regression
04:50:50 Latin America: Democrats and Demagogues
05:08:08 Africa: Guns or Growth?

Part 5 - Upheaval
05:39:58 The Middle East: The Rocky Path of Peace
06:04:37 The Arab Spring: Revolution
06:31:38 Libya: All Necessary Measures
06:50:48 Benghazi: Under Attack
08:23:43 Iran: Sanctions and Secrets
08:43:52 Syria: A Wicked Problem
09:11:55 Gaza: Anatomy of a Cease-fire

Part 6 - The Future We Want
09:19:27 Climate Change: We're All in This Together
09:37:04 Jobs and Energy: A Level Playing Field
10:02:13 Haiti: Disaster and Development
10:28:30 21st-Century Statecraft: Digital Diplomacy in a Networked World
10:43:15 Human Rights: Unfinished Business

11:29:54 Epilogue