CONDI The Condoleezza Rice Story

Once in a while, the author tries to stir up some emotion, but there's just not much of it in a dry biography such as this. President George W. Bush's National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, is an inherently interesting individual. For example, she surprises and offends some who assume that talented black women must all be political liberals. Rice isn't, and she has good reasons, some revealed here. She is an intellectual with a deep background in languages, history, and political science. From all accounts, she is congenial and personally effective, too. However, this listener would liked to have heard directly from Dr. Rice on who she is beyond the surface of things. In this, one is disappointed. D.R.W. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 03/JAN 04]