Tough love : my story of the things worth fighting for
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New York : 37 INK ;, 2019.
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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viii, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : 37 INK ;, 2019.
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Book
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-501) and index.
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"Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice--National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and US Ambassador to the United Nations--reveals her surprising story with unflinching candor. Mother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Susan Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. Taught early, with tough love, how to compete and excel as an African American woman in settings where people of color are few, Susan now shares the wisdom she learned along the way. Laying bare the family struggles that shaped her early life in Washington, DC, she also examines the ancestral legacies that influenced her. Rice|s elders--immigrants on one side and descendants of slaves on the other--had high expectations that each generation would rise. And rise they did, but not without paying it forward--in uniform and in the pulpit, as educators, community leaders, and public servants. Susan too rose rapidly. She served throughout the Clinton administration, becoming one of the nation|s youngest assistant secretaries of state and, later, one of President Obama|s most trusted advisors. Rice provides an insider|s account of some of the most complex issues confronting the United States over three decades, ranging from 'Black Hawk Down' in Somalia to the genocide in Rwanda and the East Africa embassy bombings in the late 1990s, and from conflicts in Libya and Syria to the Ebola epidemic, a secret channel to Iran, and the opening to Cuba during the Obama years. With unmatched insight and characteristic bluntness, she reveals previously untold stories behind recent national security challenges, including confrontations with Russia and China, the war against ISIS, the struggle to contain the fallout from Edward Snowden|s NSA leaks, the U.S. response to Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the surreal transition to the Trump administration. Although you might think you know Susan Rice--whose name became synonymous with Benghazi following her Sunday news show appearances after the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya--now, through these pages, you truly will know her for the first time. Often mischaracterized by both political opponents and champions, Rice emerges as neither a villain nor a victim, but a strong, resilient, compassionate leader. Intimate, sometimes humorous, but always candid, Tough Love makes an urgent appeal to the American public to bridge our dangerous domestic divides in order to preserve our democracy and sustain our global leadership"--Publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rice, S. E. (2019). Tough love: my story of the things worth fighting for (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). 37 INK ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rice, Susan E.. 2019. Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for. 37 INK.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rice, Susan E.. Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for 37 INK, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rice, Susan E.. Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., 37 INK ;, 2019.

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