Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story - Softcover

Felix, Antonia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439196788 ISBN 13: 9781439196786

Publisher: Threshold Editions, 2010

Synopsis

This is the remarkable and galvanizing true story of Condoleezza Rice—sixty-sixth United States Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, who once said about his close confidante, “Dr. Rice is not only a brilliant person, she is an experienced person. . . . America will find that she is a wise person.”

With the current release of her own long-awaited memoir, Condoleezza Rice is more fascinating than ever. Drawing from exclusive interviews with dozens of friends, relatives, colleagues, and teachers, as well as scores of previous articles and interviews, this thoroughly researched and detailed biography paints a compelling portrait of a born leader of resolute character who broke all barriers to excel as a black woman in an arena usually dominated by white men.

From her childhood in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, where her parents fostered a love of learning and excellence at an early age, to her calling to the arts as an outstanding classical pianist, to her rise through the political ranks to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., Condi is a revealing look at the most gifted and influential woman in American political history.

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"'Condi reveals the sheer drive and intelligence that lead a young black girl from racist, segregated Alabama to excel at everything she loved...The most powerful black woman in the history of America.' Sunday Times 'A pleasure to read... Antonia Felix makes two facts of life luminously clear: the importance of a stable family in a child's development, and, second, the importance of parents in introducing their offspring to a world of expanding educational opportunities. Miss Rice... had the immeasurable benefits of both circumstances.' Washington Times"

Synopsis

An in-depth and revealing portrait of the most powerful woman in the world today On 26 January 2005 Condoleezza Rice became the 66th Secretary of State of the USA (only the second woman to fill the role), a testament to George W. Bush's faith in her abilities, and to her own astonishing determination. Previously, as Bush's National Security Advisor and closest political confidant, Rice played a pivotal and high profile role at the heart of the White House, pioneering the Bush administration's controversial post 9/11 foreign policy; making its case against Saddam; testifying before the 9/11 commission and personally tackling criticism of the administration's mishandling of pre-9/11 intelligence, as well as campaigning for Bush's reelection.

Drawn from interviews with relatives, colleagues and friends of Rice, this book charts her extraordinary journey from a poor childhood in segregation-era Alabama, through a distinguished academic career as a professor and youngest ever provost of Stanford, her position as foreign policy advisor to the first President Bush, up to her current key role in the US Government - and assesses the tantalising possibility of a Condoleezza Rice/Hilary Clinton race for the White House at the next presidential election. This is an engaging and remarkable portrait of a compelling figure in world politics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Threshold Editions
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439196788
• ISBN 13: 9781439196786
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 302