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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
ix, 510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Description
"Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world. Zeroing in on the key moments of decision, the might-have-beens, and the human beings working through them, they explore both what happened and what could have happened, to show how one world...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Description
At a time when people around the world are wondering whether democracy is in decline, Condoleeza Rice shares insights from her experiences as a policymaker, scholar, and citizen in order to put democracy's challenges into perspective. When the United States was founded, it was the only attempt at self-government in the world. Today more than half of all countries qualify as democracies, and in the long run that number will continue to grow. Yet nothing...
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the university's second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State.
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xviii, 766 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.
Description
A former national security advisor and Secretary of State offers the compelling story of her eight years serving at the highest levels of government, including the difficult job she faced in the wake of 9/11.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
The probability that a political action could significantly impact a company's business is affecting more businesses in more ways than ever before. Political risk stems from a widening array of actors, including Twitter users, local officials, activists, terrorists, hackers, and more. Rice and Zegart analyze the evolving landscape of political risk, explain what businesses can do to navigate it, and what all of us must learn to better understand and...
6) Democracy
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (780 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
From the former Secretary of State and bestselling author, a sweeping, definitive look at the birth, life, and struggle of global democracy. From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has been on the front lines of history. She was a child when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement.
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Through actual footage, interviews, and declassified documents, Michael Moore illustrates the connections President Bush has to the royal house of Saud of Saudia Arabia and the bin Laden's, how the president got elected on fraudulent circumstances and then proceeded to blunder through his duties while ignoring warnings of the looming betrayal by his foreign partners. When the treachery hits with the 9/11 attacks, Moore explains how Bush failed to...
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
439 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Description
This is the remarkable and galvanizing true story of Condoleezza Rice—sixty-sixth United States Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, who once said about his close confidante, “Dr. Rice is not only a brilliant person, she is an experienced person. . . . America will find that she is a wise person.”With the current release of her own long-awaited memoir, Condoleezza Rice is more fascinating than ever. Drawing from exclusive interviews...
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