Kim Ghattas, October 16

Published: Nov. 13, 2013, 3 p.m.

Follow Hillary Clinton's transformation from popular-but-polarizing politician to America\u2019s envoy to the world. \n\nAs secretary of state, Clinton set out to repair America's image around the world. For four years, BBC foreign correspondent Kim Ghattas had access to Clinton and her entourage. \n\n"Ghattas presents a close-up look at the touchiest of diplomatic issues in the first Obama administration, from the Arab Spring uprisings to WikiLeaks. . . a rich portrait of the different perspectives on U.S. power and influence around the world as well as her own personal experiences and ambivalence about the U.S." - Booklist starred review\n\nGhattas has been the BBC's State Department Radio and TV correspondent since 2008. She traveled regularly with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She was previously a Middle East correspondent for the BBC and the Financial Times, based in Beirut. Her work has appeared in Time magazine, the Boston Globe, NPR and the Washington Post.