Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence - Hardcover

Sherman, Wendy R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156858816X ISBN 13: 9781568588162

Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S., 2018

Synopsis

The art of diplomacy requires courage, persistence, and above all, authenticity. In Not for the Faint of Heart, Ambassador Wendy Sherman argues that we can all learn to put these qualities to work in our lives.

In this book, Sherman shares stories of her time in the State Department negotiating the most sensitive issues of our time (often as the lone woman in the room), along with personal stories that show how our private experiences affect our professional lives. She argues that we negotiate best when we are our authentic selves, not reliant on stratagems or manipulation but on all of the skills we've gained through our experiences.

Not for the Faint of Heart brings readers inside the world of international diplomacy and into the mind of one of our most effective diplomatic negotiators, revealing that success takes courage, the ability to forge common ground, and an understanding of the nature and use of power.

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About the Author

Wendy Sherman has become best known as the United States' lead negotiator on the multilateral Iran Nuclear Deal from 2015, but has had a long and distinguished career as a diplomat since she joined the State Department in 1993. By the end of the Clinton administration, she was a key aide to secretary of state Madeleine Albright. She was named special advisor to President Clinton and policy coordinator on North Korea, managing, among other special assignments, negotiations with Pyongyang on nuclear nonproliferation.

With Albright, Sherman cofounded the advisory firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington before returning to the State Department as undersecretary for political affairs in 2011. She spent the following four years pursuing the nuclear agreement with Iran while overseeing the bureaus for Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, South and Central Asia, the Western Hemisphere, and International Organizations.

She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group, and served on the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. Ambassador Sherman is a frequent commentator and analyst for both international and domestic media.

Edition details

• Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156858816X
• ISBN 13: 9781568588162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256