NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the former national security
advisor and secretary of state comes a "sharp and penetrating . . .
reminder that foreign-policy choices facing the United States are
complex and difficult, with no easy solutions" (The Washington
Post).
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, who overcame the racism of the civil
rights era to become a brilliant academic and expert on foreign affairs,
Condoleezza Rice first distinguished herself as an advisor to George W.
Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign, and eventually became one of
his closest confidantes. Once he was elected, she served first as his
chief advisor on national security issues and later as America's chief
diplomat. From the aftermath of September 11, 2001, when she stood at
the center of the administration's efforts to protect the nation, to her
efforts as secretary of state to manage the world's volatile
relationships with North Korea, Iran, and Libya, her service to America
led her to confront some of the worst crises the country has ever faced.
This is her unflinchingly honest story of that remarkable time, from
what really went on behind closed doors when the fates of Israel, the
Palestinian Authority, and Lebanon often hung in the balance and how
frighteningly close all-out war loomed in clashes involving
Pakistan-India and Russia-Georgia, to her candid appraisal of her
colleagues and contemporaries. In No Higher Honor, Condoleezza 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.
