Albright, in less than 300 pages, discusses the foreign policy issues confronting the next president. Although she is capable of discussing any of these issues in significant detail she is clear and concise.

In the first part she outlines the tools available to the President, including domestic dissent, development aid, and the military. As she goes through the list of tools, and how she has seen them used or used them herself, I found my self gaining a better understanding of the processes of our government.

After she has described many different tolls she takes us on a tour of the world. In each section she lays out the challenges the president will face and a few options.

Rather than harping on the miss steps of the current leadership she points a way forward through a complex and dangerous world.