No Higher Honour
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- Synopsis
- From one of the world's most admired women, this is former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of US government. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Rice overcame racism to become a brilliant academic and expert on foreign affairs. She distinguished herself in George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign and during his presidency she served as chief advisor on national security issues, becoming one of his closest confidantes. After the September 11 attacks, Rice was at the center of the Administration's efforts to keep America safe, and she describes the events of that harrowing day, as well as the tumultuous days that followed. As Secretary of State Rice helped to shape America's foreign policy, and in No Higher Honour she reveals the behind-the-scenes diplomacy and crisis management that kept the world's relationships with Iran, North Korea and Libya from collapsing into chaos. Rice also reveals new details of the debates that led to the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and takes the reader into secret negotiating rooms where the fate of the Middle East hung in the balance. She explains how frighteningly close all-out war loomed between Pakistan-India and Russia-Georgia, as well as in East Africa. No Higher Honour is a remarkable record of achievement, and Rice delivers a master class in statecraft -- but always in a way that reveals her essential warmth and humility, and her deep reverence for the ideals on which America was founded.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307952479
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780307587862
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Date of Addition:
- 07/03/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Condoleezza Rice
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.