false 800444 1 <center><P><b>With no-holds-barred candor, the straight-talking former ambassador to the United Nations takes readers behind the scenes at the UN and the U.S. State Department and reveals why his efforts to defend American interests and reform the UN resulted in controversy. A veteran of three Republican administrations and a nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Bolton shows how the U.S. can lead the way to a more realistic global security arrangement for the twenty-first century and identifies the next generation of threats to America.</b><P></center><P><P>The son of a Baltimore firefighter and the first person in his family to go to college, with scholarships to Yale University and Yale Law School, John Bolton studied with preeminent conservative thinkers Robert Bork and Ralph Winter. After law school, he experienced the "Reagan Revolution" firsthand in Edwin Meese's justice department -- where the American judiciary was fundamentally reshaped. His diplomatic skills were honed working with Secretary of State James Baker during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, and serving in the administration of President George W. Bush as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. <P><P>In this revealing memoir, he candidly recounts his appointment in 2005 as Ambassador to the United Nations, his headline-making Senate confirmation battle, which resulted in his recess appointment, and his sixteen-month tenure at the United Nations. Bolton offers keen insight into such international crises as North Korea's nuclear test, Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, the genocide in Darfur, the monthlong negotiation that produced the controversial end of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, and more. Recounting both his successes and frustrations in taking a hard line against weapons-of-mass destruction proliferators, terrorists, and rogue states such as North Korea and Iran, he also exposes the operational inadequacies that hinder the UN's effectiveness in international diplomacy and its bias against Israel and the United States. At home, he criticizes the pernicious bureaucratic inertia in the U.S. State Department that can undermine presidential policy.<P><P>A fascinating chronicle of the career of a distinguished lawyer and diplomat who has fought to preserve American sovereignty and strength at home and abroad, <I>Surrender Is Not an Option</i> is the candid memoir of one of America's outstanding statesmen that is sure to become required reading for everyone interested in international affairs.<P><P> 786409 6 11 2007 Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations total:28|5:7|4:8|3:10|2:1|1:2| 28 101 57 15 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 17:37:23 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 11:51:40 -0800 2007
"His deputy perm rep, Adam Thomson, in one discussion, said plaintively, 'But that's the way we do things at the UN,' Which was not an argument to make to me. Behind his back, staffers at UKUN called Thomson, the son of a British diplomat, 'Harry Potter' because of his res...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 05:15:14 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 09:59:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 14 09:40:17 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 18 10:02:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 01:23:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 15:52:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Aug 07 07:03:05 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 22:27:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 03 05:14:38 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:14:38 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Aug 30 20:46:24 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 20:47:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 28 09:58:41 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 25 08:34:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 05:42:45 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 10:58:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 11:41:43 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 20 10:36:30 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 11:41:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 25 09:27:12 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 09:28:37 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 19:44:41 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 19:46:10 -0800 2008 ]]> 1 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 08:14:18 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 08:16:23 -0800 2007
Financial Times review says it better than I can:

Bolton writes badly, cannot tell a story and has no interesting new ideas. Other than that, highly recommended.]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 03 05:57:39 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 05:59:32 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 13:21:41 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 14:03:56 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 21:25:26 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 21:25:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 15:25:13 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 15:25:13 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 05 08:31:46 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 08:33:27 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 08:27:56 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 08:27:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 10:10:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 10:10:47 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=800444