As National Security Advisor to the president and winner of the NAACP Image Award, Condoleezza Rice never wasted time getting where she wanted to go, and for the first time, this biography tells the story of her remarkable life-from her precocious childhood to her dreams of becoming a concert pianist to her role as the president's most trusted advisor, following a distinguished career as scholar, professor, provost, and foreign policy advisor-all by the age of 47.
Topics covered include: A sweeping, intriguing look at the Rice family legacy, from slave owners and slaves to 'evangelists of education' and finally to a prominent government figure and presidential advisor. The big switch: why Rice changed her career goal from concert pianist to scholar. Point-by-point look at Rice's foreign policy outlook on Russia, China, Israel, Afghanistan, and other nations. The first biography on the most important woman in U.S. government today, Secretary of State nominee, Condoleezza Rice. Abridged. Read by the author. 5 hours. 4 CDs.