Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story - Hardcover

Felix, Antonia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557045399 ISBN 13: 9781557045393

Publisher: Newmarket Pr, 2002

Synopsis

The first biography on the most important woman in U.S. government today, National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, by the author of Laura: America's First Lady, First Mother.

As National Security Advisor to the president and winner of the NAACP Image Award, Condoleezza Rice has never wasted time getting where she wants to go, and for the first time, this biography tells the story of her remarkable life—from her precocious childhood to her dreams of becoming a concert pianist to her role as the president's most trusted advisor, following a distinguished career as scholar, professor, provost, and foreign policy advisor—all by the age of 47.

Condi, as she is known, was named after a musical term, con dolcezza—to play "with sweetness"—by her music-loving parents who, both educators, set forth a standard of excellence for their only child that would give her the "twice as good" edge that was necessary to be on an even standing with her white peers in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, in 1954.

Topics covered include: • A sweeping, intriguing look at the Rice family legacy, from slave owners and slaves to "evangelists of education" and finally to a prominent government figure and presidential advisor
• The big switch: why Rice changed her career goal from concert pianist to scholar
• Point-by-point look at Rice's foreign policy outlook on Russia, China, Israel, Afghanistan, and other nations

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Review

"'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

As National Security Advisor to the president, Condoleezza Rice has never wasted time getting where she wants to go, and for the first time, this biography tells the story of her remarkable life - from precocious childhood to her role as the president's most trusted aide, following a distinguished career as scholar, professor, provost, and foreign policy advisor - all by the age of 47.

Edition details

• Publisher: Newmarket Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557045399
• ISBN 13: 9781557045393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224