Bears in the Streets: Three Journey’s Across A Changing Russia.

DICKEY, Lisa [Madeleine K. Albright].

$300.00

Item Number: 149085

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017.

First edition of this fascinating journey to change Russia. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Madeleine-Thank you so much for your support of the book! Lisa Dickey” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don’t need any of those three “Ds” to happen.” After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. For Albright’s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Jacket design by Rowen Davis.

Through personal narratives and keen observations, Dickey provides insight into the effects of political shifts, economic developments, and cultural transformations under leaders such as Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, and Dmitry Medvedev. The book offers a nuanced portrait of ordinary Russians, challenging Western stereotypes and illustrating the complexities of life in post-Soviet Russia. By blending journalism with memoir, Bears in the Streets presents a compelling account of a nation in flux, highlighting both progress and persistent struggles.