Overview

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.

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Author:   Condoleezza Rice
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Crown Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   0.573kg
ISBN:  

9780307986788

ISBN 10:   0307986780
Pages:   784
Publication Date:   04 September 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

  Prologue Introduction 1 Before the Crack in Time 2 Honest Broker 3 Policy Begins 4 The Middle East 5 Vladimir Putin 6 “The United States Is Under Attack” 7 War Planning Begins 8 The War on Terror and the Home Front 9 Trouble in Nuclear South Asia 10 The Two-State Solution 11 Thee World’s Most Dangerous Weapons 12 Saddam Again 13 Confronting the International Community with a Choice 14 48 Hours 15 Bush the African 16 New Challenges in Iraq 17 2004 18 “Iraqis Need to Govern Themselves” 19 Another Step Toward a Palestinian State 20 Four More Years 21 Secretary of State 22 Promoting America’s Interests and Values Abroad 23 High Mountains and Dirt 24 The Color Revolutions Multiply 25 Baghdad and Cairo 26 A Heartbreaking Place Called Darfur 27 Katrina 28 Bringing Back the All-Nighter 29 Can Anything Else Go Wrong? 30 Transformational Diplomacy 31 Building a New Relationship with India 32 Democracy in Latin America and Beyond 33 A Change of Leadership in Iraq 34 Shifting Course on Iran 35 The Middle East Plunges into War 36 Revising the Framework for the War on Terror 37 Iraq Spirals Downward 38 An Explosion in Asia and a Challenge for U.S.-China Relations 39 Playing the Last Card 40 A Diplomatic Surge 41 A New Approach to Latin America 42 Improving the Daily Lives of Palestinians 43 Iraq and the Home Front 44 The Road to Annapolis 45 Emergency Rule 46 Final-Status Talks Begin 47 A Final Year 622 48 It Seems Like Yesterday—It Seems Like Forever 49 Whither China? 50 Olmert Makes an Offer 51 Completing the Task of Building a Europe Whole, Free, and at Peace 52 War Breaks Out in Georgia 53 Cementing Key Relationships with Iraq and India 54 He Lives in His Own Head 55 One Last Chance for North Korea 56 The Financial Crisis of 2008 57 Mumbai 58 One Last Chance for a Palestinian State Epilogue   Note on Sources Acknowledgments Index

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In her memoir, NO HIGHER HONOR, Rice looks back, offering unexpected candor about her tenure as national security adviser in Bush's first term and as secretary of state...the [book's] moments of self-doubt and regrets are a revelation...Rice offers sharp and penetrating portraits of foreign leaders...Her memoir is a reminder that foreign-policy choices facing the United States are complex and difficult, with no easy solutions...Rice has acquitted herself well in telling her side of the story; now she awaits the judgment of history. <br>--The Washington Post <br><br> Rice provides a vivid account of the tumultuous years after Sept. 11, 2001...the latest in a string of memoirs emerging from Bush administration figures trying to define the history of their tenure [this book is] the most expansive record of those eight years by any of the leading participants. <br>--The New York Times<br><br> The fascination of Rice's memoir, and it is fascinating, is less in the broad vision put forth for a more democratic world than in the gritty description of the way decisions were made in the White House and in the State Department as the Bush Administration sought to adapt to a universe radically changed by Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States in 2001. Rice's account of the immediate aftermath, as seen from inside the halls of the White House, is both vivid and disturbing. <br>--Newsweek<br><br> Condoleezza Rice has a lot in common with Henry A. Kissinger...Now, like Kissinger, Rice has written a memoir drenched in details of the daily work of diplomacy...hers is a great story. <br>--Bloomberg.com<br><br> Important...her stories [of the aftermath of 9-11] add texture to the well-known history of those days and weeks, sometimes movingly so. <br>--Wall Street Journal<br><br><br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.

In her memoir, NO HIGHER HONOR, Rice looks back, offering unexpected candor about her tenure as national security adviser in Bush s first term and as secretary of state the [book s] moments of self-doubt and regrets are a revelation Rice offers sharp and penetrating portraits of foreign leaders Her memoir is a reminder that foreign-policy choices facing the United States are complex and difficult, with no easy solutions Rice has acquitted herself well in telling her side of the story; now she awaits the judgment of history. --The Washington Post Rice provides a vivid account of the tumultuous years after Sept. 11, 2001 the latest in a string of memoirs emerging from Bush administration figures trying to define the history of their tenure [this book is] the most expansive record of those eight years by any of the leading participants. --The New York Times The fascination of Rice s memoir, and it is fascinating, is less in the broad vision put forth for a more democratic world than in the gritty description of the way decisions were made in the White House and in the State Department as the Bush Administration sought to adapt to a universe radically changed by Al Qaeda s attacks on the United States in 2001. Rice s account of the immediate aftermath, as seen from inside the halls of the White House, is both vivid and disturbing. --Newsweek Condoleezza Rice has a lot in common with Henry A. Kissinger Now, like Kissinger, Rice has written a memoir drenchedin details of the daily work of diplomacy hers is a great story. --Bloomberg.com Important her stories [of the aftermath of 9-11] add texture to the well-known history of those days and weeks, sometimes movingly so. --Wall Street Journal From the Hardcover edition.

In her memoir, NO HIGHER HONOR, Rice looks back, offering unexpected candor about her tenure as national security adviser in Bush's first term and as secretary of state...the [book's] moments of self-doubt and regrets are a revelation...Rice offers sharp and penetrating portraits of foreign leaders...Her memoir is a reminder that foreign-policy choices facing the United States are complex and difficult, with no easy solutions...Rice has acquitted herself well in telling her side of the story; now she awaits the judgment of history. --The Washington Post Rice provides a vivid account of the tumultuous years after Sept. 11, 2001...the latest in a string of memoirs emerging from Bush administration figures trying to define the history of their tenure [this book is] the most expansive record of those eight years by any of the leading participants. --The New York Times The fascination of Rice's memoir, and it is fascinating, is less in the broad vision put forth for a more democratic world than in the gritty description of the way decisions were made in the White House and in the State Department as the Bush Administration sought to adapt to a universe radically changed by Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States in 2001. Rice's account of the immediate aftermath, as seen from inside the halls of the White House, is both vivid and disturbing. --Newsweek Condoleezza Rice has a lot in common with Henry A. Kissinger...Now, like Kissinger, Rice has written a memoir drenched in details of the daily work of diplomacy...hers is a great story. --Bloomberg.com Important...her stories [of the aftermath of 9-11] add texture to the well-known history of those days and weeks, sometimes movingly so. --Wall Street Journal From the Hardcover edition.

Author Information

CONDOLEEZZA RICE was the sixty-sixth U.S. Secretary of State and the first black woman to hold that office.  Prior to that, she was the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor.  She is a professor at Stanford University, and co-founder of the RiceHadley Group.  Rice is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family.

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