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. And rise they did, but not without paying it forward-in uniform and in the pulpit, as educators, community leaders, and public servants. Rice's elders-immigrants on one side and descendants of slaves on the other-had high expectations that each generation would rise. Laying bare the family struggles that shaped her early life in Washington, DC, she also examines the ancestral legacies that influenced her. 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. Mother, wife, scholar, diplomat, and fierce champion of American interests and values, Susan Rice powerfully connects the personal and the professional. Rice-National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and US Ambassador to the United Nations-reveals her surprising story with unflinching candor in this New York Times bestseller.
Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E.
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