Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American woman in a job originally held by Thomas Jefferson, is an historic figure already associated with the most momentous events of our time. In this fascinating and revelatory account, former New York Times Washington correspondent Elisabeth Bumiller explores Rice's remarkable life as well as many of the great American themes of the late 20th and early 21st centuries: national security, the war on terrorism, the values of American foreign policy, presidential politics and the changing role of race and women.
Kimberly Farr gives an evenhanded, clear, and unemotional reading of Rice's biography. From her upbringing in segregated Alabama (a friend was killed in the 1963 church bombing) to her present post of secretary of state, Rice has been focused, hardworking, and committed. Her mentors have included her parents, her international relations professor at the University of Denver (ironically, Madeleine Albright's father), and, of course, the second President Bush. Farr navigates nimbly through the details of recent foreign entanglements--Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, South Korea--as well as Rice's testy relationships with Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. Little is said of her adult personal life, but through quotes and interviews one senses both her humorous and prickly sides. J.B.G. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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