Surrender Is Not an OptionBy John R. BoltonThreshold Editions, 2007, $27.00

For too many in diplomatic circles in Washington and New York, diplomacy and multilateralism have become ends in and of themselves, rather than tools to achieve vital national security priorities. In his new book, Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad (Threshold Editions/Simon &...

A candid personal account of Bolton's turbulent sixteen-month tenure at the United Nations.

The past two weeks of turmoil and drama in Sino-American affairs may well be the new normal, not an exception to an otherwise placid bilateral relationship. While Friday brought news of a possible deal allowing dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave China to study in America, that deal is no more certain than the earlier, failed deal, announced just days before

Sunday’s elections results in six European countries, particularly France, Greece and Germany, bode poorly for satisfactorily resolving the European Union’s ongoing financial and political crisis.

In the transition from an old dictator to a new one, some observers were losing faith in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, believing it had lost its magic touch in the arts of dissembling. Others had deeper faith, though, and they were rewarded last week when the State Department proudly announced the umpteenth breakthrough toward the goal of denuclearizing North Korea.

Surrender Is Not an Option recounts Bolton's time at the State Department and the UN--and the need for reform in both organizations.