vi “Henry, sorry to tell you this . . .” “The Status of Women in International Affairs Professions,” Women’s Foreign Policy Group web site (wfpg.org)
PRELUDE
1 “education evangelists” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
1 “Daddy, I’m barred out of there now . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?” George magazine, June 2000
2 “rock-star big . . .” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
3 “She is, all agree, an immensely appealing person . . .” Ibid.
3 “Condi is one of those happy-go-lucky kinds of people . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
3 “I’m a really religious person . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
3 “I think I’m above average . . .” Ibid.
One: COACHING THE CANDIDATE
5 “The presidency is not just . . .” “Condi Rice Can’t Lose,” Time, September 20, 1999
6 “Here was this slip of a girl . . .” “Condoleezza Rice: George W.’s Realist,” World Policy Journal, Winter 1999
6 “One of my first phone calls . . .” Ibid.
For further information on the book titles, please see the Sources section on page 245.
7 “tells me everything I know about the Soviet Union” “Rice: A Russophile with Bush’s Ear,” MSNBC web site (www.msnbc.com)
7 “Some of the most dramatic and epochal events . . .” A World Transformed, by George Bush and Brent Scowcroft
8 “Governor Bush was very impressed” “Bush’s Foreign Policy Tutor,” The New York Times, June 16, 2000
8 “He’s really smart—and he’s also disciplined . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
9 “I don’t get seasick . . .” “Bush’s Secret Weapon,” Salon.com, March 20, 2000 (www.salon.com)
9 “What about relations with Russia . . .” Ibid.
10 “When we talked about it . . .” Interview with Deborah Carson
10 “I like to be around her . . .” “Bush’s Foreign Policy Tutor,” The New York Times, June 16, 2000
11 “a close confidant . . .” “Compulsion to Achieve,” The New York Times, December 18, 2000
11 “I’ve respected him from the first time we talked . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
11 “I grew up right there in Birmingham with Vulcan . . .” “Bush’s ‘Vulcans’ Iron Out Foreign Policy,” Birmingham News, June 30, 2000
12 “I don’t try to do it all myself . . .” Ibid.
12 “can explain to me foreign policy matters . . .” “Compulsion to Achieve,” The New York Times, December 18, 2000
12 “She has an extraordinary ability to be clear,” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
12 “One of the things that is appealing . . .” Ibid.
12 “She is a novel commodity . . .” “People in the News Profile: Condoleezza Rice,” CNN.com web site (www.cnn.com/CNN/programs/people/shows/rice/profile.html)
13 “I may not be able to tell you exactly . . .” “Condoleezza Rice: George W.’s Realist,” World Policy Journal, Winter 1999
13 “As an executive . . .” “Academics Start to Line up Behind Presidential Candidates,” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 28, 1999
14 “Governor Bush has not spent . . .” “Condi Rice Can’t Lose,” Time, September 20, 1999
14 “I’ve been pressed to understand . . .” “Compulsion to Achieve,” The New York Times, December 18, 2000
15 “America must build effective missile defenses . . .” “New Leadership on National Security,” speech by George W. Bush, posted on the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation web site May 23, 2000 (nuclearfiles.org/docs/2000/0523newleadershipbush.html)
16 “He’s always been surrounded by strong, smart women . . .” “Bush Campaign Turns to Big Gun—His Mom Barbara Bush Leads W is for Women Tour,” Baltimore Sun, October 20, 2000
17 “George W. Bush . . .” Rice’s Speech at the Republican National Convention, August 1, 2000
17 “Anybody who really knows me . . .” “Condoleezza Rice Interview,” About.com web site (uspolitics.about.com)
17 “I actually think . . .” “Dream Job for Rice: N.F.L. Commissioner,” The New York Times, April 17, 2002
18 “‘You make me sound like a tyrant!’ . . .” “Compulsion to Achieve,” The New York Times, December 18, 2000
18 “She’s got this quiet demeanor . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
18 “both very upbeat and very down to business . . .” Interview with Paul Brest
19 “I am a very deeply religious person . . .” “The President’s Prodigy, Vogue, October 2001
19 “Dr. Rice is not only . . .” “Rice called a Good Fit for Foreign Policy Post,” USATODAY.com website, December 18, 2000 (www.usatoday.com)
20 “This is an extraordinary time . . .” “Compulsion to Achieve,” The New York Times, December 18, 2000
20 “I, Condoleezza . . .” Title 5 U.S. Code 3331, Oath of Office, U.S. Code as of 01/23/01
21 “Advisors such as Rice and Kissinger . . .” “How Many Heads Does the Prime Minister Have?” New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs, Spring 2002
21 “I will remember the sound advice . . .” All the Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings, by George Bush
22 “one of the single most important positions . . .” Keepers of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council from Truman to Bush, by John Prados
Two: AN AMERICAN LEGACY
23 “The multiethnic part [of American society] . . .” “Dream’s Focus Fundamental for Leadership in 21st Century,” editorial by Condoleezza Rice, Birmingham News, April 23, 2000
24 It could be the opening moments . . . “Condoleezza Rice: Defying the Stereotypes,” Birmingham News, January 22, 2001
25 “Knowledge must be acquired . . .” Fifty Years in the Gospel Ministry , by T. G. Goud, online text at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries “Documenting the American South” (docsouth.unc.edu/church/ steward/steward.html)
25 “Around 1918 . . .” Rice’s speech at the Republican National Convention, August 1, 2000
26 “My grandfather asked . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
26 “My family has been Presbyterian . . .” Ibid.
27 “I can see him even now . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
27 “He really was a person who believed . . .” “Rice Turns her Focus to Family,” Birmingham News, March 19, 2001
27 Strong parallels run between Condi’s paternal . . . “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
28 “civilizing agent . . .” Washington’s Famous Atlanta Address of 1895, as posted on the Booker T. Washington National Monument web site (nps.gov/bowa/tuskin.html)
28 “habits of thrift . . .” Ibid.
28 “Albert Ray worked three jobs . . .” “Transform America, One by One,” editorial by Condoleezza Rice, Birmingham News, May 22, 1994
29 “As a matter of fact . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
29 The term Jim Crow . . . AFRO-American Almanac web site (toptags.com/aama/docs/jcrow.htm)
30 Nurses: No person or corporation . . . “State Black Codes National Parks Service,” web site (www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm)
31 “Always remember . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
31 “They had broken the code . . .” Ibid.
31 “If you take the time to learn . . .” “Transform America, One by One,” editorial by Condoleezza Rice, Birmingham News, May 22, 1994
32 “Our grandfathers had this indomitable outlook . . .” Ibid.
33 “Dr. Love was absolutely committed . . .” Interview with Betty Richardson
34 “Angelena was very beautiful . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
34 “the very picture . . .” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
34 “So I should have . . .” “Political Punch in a Package of Charm,” Financial Times, February 26, 2000
34 “I don’t know too many American families . . .” “People in the News Profile: Condoleezza Rice,” CNN.com web site (www.cnn.com/CNN/programs/people/shows/rice/profile.html)
34 “They wanted the world . . .” Ibid.
Three: TWICE AS GOOD
36 “My parents . . .” “Profile: Condoleezza Rice,” BBC News Online, September 25, 2001 (news.bbc.co.uk)
37 “They simply ignored . . .” “People in the News Profile: Condoleezza Rice,” CNN.com web site (www.cnn.com/CNN/programs/people/shows/rice/profile.html)
37 “I had parents who gave me . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
37 “It was a very controlled . . .” “A Steely Southerner,” Newsweek, August 6,2001
38 “My mother played . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
38 “So she said . . .” Ibid.
38 “Condi’s always been so focused . . .” “Aunt G.’s Favorite Niece: Condoleezza Rice,” Virginian-Pilot, March 14, 2002
39 “They didn’t play . . .” Interview with Juliemma Smith
39 “Condi learned how . . .” Ibid.
39 “My mother was stunningly beautiful . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
40 “My sister always knew that . . .” “Aunt G.’s Favorite Niece: Condoleezza Rice,” Virginian-Pilot, March 14, 2002
40 “I knew my baby . . .” Ibid.
41 “waiting for what seemed like hours . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
41 “[She] wasn’t an outdoors child . . .” Ibid.
41 “What in the world . . .” “Condoleezza Rice: Defying the Stereotypes,” Birmingham News, January 22, 2001
41 “Condi doesn’t belong to us . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
42 “I’m waiting for my instructions . . .” “A Steely Southerner,” Newsweek, August 6, 2001
42 “John and Angelena were the perfect parents . . .” “There IS a Doctor in the House,” In the Black, Summer 2001
42 “I remember when I was about ten . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
42 “I think I was the first black student . . .” Ibid.
43 “I grew up in a family in which . . .” “Compulsion to Achieve,” The New York Times, December 18, 2000
43 “It wasn’t as if someone said . . .” “A Steely Southerner,” Newsweek, August 6, 2001
43 “My parents were very strategic . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
44 “I remember the woman standing there . . .” Ibid.
44 “She just could not understand” “Condoleezza Rice: Defying the Stereotypes,” Birmingham News, January 22, 2001
45 “I don’t remember . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
45 “You don’t want to go to Kiddieland . . .” Ibid.
45 “My parents had to try to explain . . .” “Academic Style: Stanford’s New Provost Brings a Different Perspective to Campus,” Chicago Tribune, August 15, 1993
45 “The Rices were kind of joyless . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
46 “He was a big man . . .” Interview with Margaret Cheatham
46 “John’s scouts made up one . . .” Interview with Reverend William Jones
47 “this fine young man . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
47 “My dad was a football coach . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
47 “When I grow up I’m going to marry . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
48 “It was music with my mother . . .” University of Denver Graduate School of International Studies brochure
48 “Condi was always interested in politics . . .” Interview with Juliemma Smith
48 “We almost always stopped on college campuses . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
48 “Figure skating was . . .” “West Wing Story: America’s Favorite Bushie,” Newsweek, August 1, 2001
49 “the year of all the bombings . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
50 “The police would show up . . .” Interview with Pam King
50 “I have a sort of pure . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
51 “Those terrible events . . .” “Soviets Face Hard Choices in Arms Control, Rice Says,” Stanford University News Service, December 2, 1983
51 “It’s too hard to get there . . .” Interview with Pam King
51 “When integration occurred . . .” Ibid.
52 “We all lived within range . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
53 “The white power structure . . .” Interview with Jack Davis
53 “My father worked downtown . . .” Ibid.
53 “challenging our way of life” “Connor Behind Bill Banning ‘Rides,’” Birmingham Post-Herald, August 25, 1961
54 “With firemen brandishing their hoses . . .” “Dogs, Water Used to Halt Negro March,” Montgomery Advertiser, May 4, 1963
55 “My father was not a march-in-the-street preacher . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
56 “I remember a slight sensation . . .” “In Race for White House, the ‘Cult of Condi’ Plays Growing Role,” Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2000
56 “I remember more than anything the coffins . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
57 “In 1952, John Rice himself went to vote . . .” Ibid.
57 “The first Republican I knew . . .” Rice’s Speech at the Republican National Convention, August 1, 2000
58 “The people there stopped eating . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
58 “a revered figure” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
58 “The legal changes made a tremendous difference . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
58 “I am so grateful to my parents . . .” Stanford University News Service bulletin, December 2, 1983
59 By the time John arrived as the new dean . . . “Stillman College: A Glance at the Past,” Stillman College Archives, 1974
Four: CHOPIN, SHAKESPEARE, OR SOVIETS
60 “I don’t ever remember . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
61 “sick and tired . . .” “Acknowledge that You Have an Obligation to Search for the Truth,” Stanford Report, June 16, 2002
61 “I will never forget . . .” Ibid.
62 “DU is more aware of minority problems . . .” University of Denver Clarion, October 9, 1972
64 “That seems to be how . . . In the 1940s . . .” Interview with Sr. Sylvia Pautler
65 “All that I remember is focusing . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
65 “Now once you got out into the larger world . . .” “People in the News Profile: Condoleezza Rice,” CNN.com web site (www.cnn.com/CNN/programs/people/shows/rice/profile.html)
66 “She was very . . .” Interview with Sr. Sylvia Pautler
66 “The Sisters of Loretto . . .” Interview with Therese Saracino
67 “I was her math teacher . . .” Ibid.
67 “That was a lot of money back then . . .” Interview with Deborah Carson
68 “Poor guy. He felt sort of . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
69 “My father was fundamentally against it . . .” College Acquaintance Recruitment Experience (CARE) brochure, University of Denver
70 “I’m the one who speaks French! . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
71 “That had been my mother and father’s strategy . . .” Ibid.
71 “The truth is that I was a terrible procrastinator . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
71 “I did the reading at the last minute . . .” “Take Small Classes, Experiment, College Frosh Told,” Stanford News Service bulletin, October 1993
72 “I met eleven-year-olds who could play . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
72 “We both became disillusioned . . .” Interview with Darcy Taylor
72 “We all entered several contests a year . . .” Ibid.
73 “murder Beethoven” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
73 “I decided . . .” “Dream’s Focus Fundamental for Leadership in 21st Century,” editorial by Condoleezza Rice, Birmingham News, April 23, 2000
73 “pretty good but not great . . . Technically, I can play most anything . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
73 “I went on a mad search for a major . . .” Ibid.
74 “squishy” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
74 “It just clicked . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
74 “I can still feel the strong sense I had of remorse and regret . . .” Stanford University News Service bulletin, December 2, 1983
75 “I really adored him . . .” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
75 “Condi is the kind of person who is very sure of herself . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?” George magazine, June 2000
75 “Design is a way . . .” Interview with Darcy Taylor
75 “John Rice was friendly . . .” Ibid.
76 “I found my passion in the study of Russia . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
76 “I don’t regret giving up the music career . . .” Ibid.
76 “Korbel had a way of encouraging talented people . . .” Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey, by Michael Dobbs
77 “Korbel was one of . . .” Ibid.
79 “There is no doubt . . .” Ibid.
80 “It helps to have another foreign language under your belt . . .” Interview with Jason Galie
81 “The membership of these churches got together . . .” Interview with Russ Wehner
81 “church members were asked to sign . . .” The Spirit of Montview: 1902-2002, by the Montview Centennial Book Committee
81 “He got Martin Luther King . . . ” Interview with Russ Wehner
82 “He brought an enormous . . .” Ibid.
82 “When John came on the staff . . .” The Spirit of Montview: 1902-2002, by the Montview Centennial Book Committee
82 “John was always forthright, honest, and challenging . . .” Interview with Richard Hutchison
83 “She had a beautiful voice . . .” Interview with Margaret Wehner
83 “We performed . . . the Beethoven Christ on the Mount of Olives . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
83 In addition to his work as a university dean . . . “Rice Appointed to Urban Renewal Authority,” Intermountain Jewish News, May 26, 1978
83 “I believe that sports has a place . . .” “Rice on Students, Tough Decisions and her Oil Tanker,” Stanford Magazine, May/June 1999
84 “The University of Denver . . . ” University of Denver Graduate School of International Studies brochure
85 “Since he didn’t tell me precisely how . . .” Stanford Campus Report, June 19, 1985
Five: THE SCHOLAR
86 “Culture is something you can adopt . . .” “Political Punch in a Package of Charm,” The Financial Times, February 26, 2000
87 “I’m five-foot-eight, black and female . . .” Ibid.
89 “Condoleezza came to Notre Dame . . .” Interview with George Brinkley
90 “The government gathered all those it could collect . . .” “From ‘Splendid Isolation’ to ‘Fruitful Cooperation’: The Harriman Institute in the Post-Soviet Era,” Columbia Magazine, Summer 1996
91 “Well, the job market’s a lot better . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
91 “Most students had little background . . .” Interview with George Brinkley
92 “He understood the dark side of Russia . . .” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
92 “Our graduate program . . .” Interview with George Brinkley
92 “She was one of those self-driven students . . .” Ibid.
92 “She had some Russian . . .” Ibid.
93 “It was clear from the beginning . . .” Ibid.
93 “I read early on and was influenced . . .” “Condoleezza Rice: George W.’s Realist,” World Policy Journal, Winter 1999
94 “Power is the control . . .” Politics Among Nations, by Hans Morgenthau
94 “Realists insisted that the national interest could . . .” Righteous Realists , by Joel. H. Rosenthal
95 “attracted to the Byzantine nature . . .” Ibid.
95 “I am a realist. Power matters . . .” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
95 “Condi came to see the cold war . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?,” George magazine, June 2000
95 “While she was at Notre Dame . . .” Interview with George Brinkley
95 “She and I worked . . .” Ibid.
96 “She partied quite a bit there . . .” Interview with Deborah Carson
97 “You are very talented, you have to become a professor . . .” “Josef Korbel’s Enduring Foreign Policy Legacy,” Washington Post, December 28, 2000
97 “Thinking broadly about the whole world . . .” “Soviets Face Hard Choices in Arms Control, Rice Says,” Stanford University News Service, December 2, 1983
97 “I realized that I liked . . .” Ibid.
97 “He was nothing but . . .” Ibid.
98 “She is one of the few people . . .” Interview with Robby Laitos
98 “That day . . .” Ibid.
98 “I remember her mother . . .” Ibid.
99 “Looking back, the school doesn’t seem a lot different . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
99 Josef Korbel had not always . . . Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth Century Legacy, by Michael Dobbs
100 “He and I were close . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
101 “contributions to transatlantic relations . . .” Naval War College announcement posted on web site (nwc.navy.mil)
102 “Dear American TV people . . .” “The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project,” NASA web site (hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History)
103 “a deliberate effort by a powerful atheistic government . . .” “Russia’s Bold Challenge,” Time, January 14, 1980
103 “I remember thinking, What did you think . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
103 “I was a registered Democrat . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” The Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
104 “I admired what Lyndon Johnson did for civil rights . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?,” George magazine, June 2000
104 “all-over-the-map Republican . . .” “‘Condi’ Rice: Presbyterian with faith, political mettle,” The Presbyterian Layman, November 22, 2000
104 “It was the constitution and foreign policy . . .” Ibid.
104 Condi takes a ribbing . . . “Honored to Get the Chance,” The Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
104 “I’m in the G.O.P. for the right reasons . . .” Ibid.
105 “Korbel liked Condi because . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
106 “research ability” Stanford University News Service
106 “He expected a lot out of people . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
106 “He was as proud of [Madeleine] . . .” Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth Century Legacy, by Michael Dobbs
106 “It was Josef Korbel who taught her . . .” Seasons of Her Life: A Biography of Madeleine Korbel Albright, by Ann Blackman
106 “probably more liberal . . .” “Josef Korbel’s Enduring Foreign Policy Legacy,” Washington Post, December 28, 2000
107 “Our program works best for students . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
107 “There wasn’t a lot written about the subject . . .” “Pick for National security Adviser has DU Ties,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, December 17, 2000
108 “The General Staff [of the USSR] was my life . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?” George magazine, June 2000
108 She had estimated that there were about 5,000 . . . Ibid.
109 “The majority of Soviets . . .” Interview with Dmitri Gerasamenko
109 “Foreigners saw . . .” Ibid.
109 “A black student . . .” Ibid.
110 “a very major player. . . . She was seriously going to marry him . . .” Interview with Deborah Carson
111 “He died of stomach cancer . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
111 On his sickbed, Korbel continued working . . . Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey, by Michael Dobbs
111 “Because of the small . . .” Graduate School of International Studies brochure
112 “I tell students, ‘If you don’t know what you want . . .” Ibid.
112 “[For years] I structured my life to be a concert musician . . .” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
112 “I think we all knew . . .” “Adviser Condi Rice,” Denver Post, August 2, 2000
112 “We always thought . . .” Interview with Karen Feste
Six: PROFESSOR RICE
113 “The understanding of arms control . . .” “Soviets Face Hard Choices in Arms Control, Rice Says,” Stanford University News Service, December 2, 1983
114 “tells me everything . . . I hope you know a lot.” “Rice: A Russophile with Bush’s Ear” MSNBC web site (msnbc.com)
114 “[The] characteristics of the Cold War . . .” “Bush, Gorbachev Hold Malta Shipboard Summit,” World News Digest, December 8, 1989
116 “They didn’t need another Soviet specialist . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
116 “I think what struck people . . .” Stanford Report, December 9, 1998
116 “She got along well with everybody . . .” Interview with John Ferejohn
118 “It is increasingly difficult . . .” Stanford Report, October 28, 1998
118 “orderly, post hoc recreations we teach . . .” Ibid.
118 It’s interesting to watch students . . .” Ibid.
118 “It is still the most . . .” “Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching, 1992-93,” Stanford University News Service, undated press release
119 “wasn’t a surprise, it was commonly known . . .” Interview with John Ferejohn
119 “Condi heard about it . . .” Interview with Paul Brest
119 Condi is not the first to make this analogy . . . American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era, by E. Anthony Rotundo
120 “It was a large lecture class . . .” Interview with anonymous
120 “Anyone who has had the good fortune . . .” “Dean’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching, 1992-93,” Stanford University News Service
121 “I will always remember . . .” Ibid.
121 “a marvelous facilitator . . .” Ibid.
121 “She treated us . . .” Ibid.
121 “for bringing enthusiasm . . .” Stanford University News Service press release, June 18, 1984
122 “her intellect and charm—charm in the profound sense . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
123 “I was affiliated . . .” Interview with George Brinkley
124 “ill understood . . . I found them welcoming . . .” “The Gorbachev Era,” The Commonwealth, June 13, 1988
124 “I realized then . . .” “Bush Advisor Speaks of Faith’s Deep Roots,” Denver Post, May 5, 2000
125 “We walked in the door . . .” Interview with Deborah Carson
125 “They were a real couple . . .” Ibid.
126 “The opening of the Berlin Wall was as electrifying . . .” Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft, by Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice
Seven: BUSH I
128 “Condi was brilliant . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?” George magazine, June 2000
128 “All you have to do with the large, huge, and very frightening problems . . .” Stanford University Campus Report, June 19, 1985
130 “Television and radio play a major . . .” KQED legal department document supplied by Counsel Margaret Berry
131 “I think of people as being one of two types . . .” Interview with John Raisian
133 “a distinguished scholar . . .” “Contributing to CREES,” Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies web site (www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/giving.html)
133 “The Stanford Alumni Association had asked Alex . . .” Interview with Gail W. Lapidus
134 “Clearly they approached . . .” Ibid.
134 “I never shall forget the day we returned . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” The Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
138 “Scowcroft and Baker placed a premium on cooperation . . .” Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft, by Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice
138 “I had chosen Condi . . .” A World Transformed, by George Bush and Brent Scowcroft
139 “We went to the meetings . . .” “Welcome Back, Professor Rice,” Stanford REES Newsletter, Spring 1991
141 “Condi’s memo laid out the premises . . .” Ibid.
141 “aggressively to promote . . .” Ibid.
141 “setting our sights . . .” Ibid.
142 “it had a high concentration of families with ties to Eastern Europe . . .” Ibid.
143 “Nèmeth presented President Bush with a plaque . . .” Ibid.
143 “beacon of light . . .” Ibid.
144 “This isn’t the door you go in . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?” George magazine, June 2000
145 “I think the Russians . . .” “Political Punch in a Package of Charm,” Financial Times, February 26, 2000
145 “I never have felt lonely or stressed in these environments . . .” “Honored to Have the Chance,” The Boston Globe, December 21, 2000
146 “He was right in my face in a confrontational way . . .” “Academic Style: Stanford’s New Provost Brings a Different Perspective to Campus,” Chicago Tribune, August 15, 1993
146 “I have to confess, it was hard for me to concentrate . . .” “Sharon smitten with Rice,” Denver Post, February 5, 2001
147 “would rip the heart out . . .” Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft, by Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice
147 “peaceful, gradual . . .” Ibid.
147 “It was a risky move . . .” “Is There Anything This Woman Can’t Do?” George magazine, June 2000
149 “Condi was brilliant, but she never tried to flaunt it . . .” Ibid.
149 “She’s not only a person with extraordinary ambition . . .” Interview with George Brinkley
149 “It was an exciting time . . .” “Political Punch in a Package of Charm,” The Financial Times, February 26, 2000
149 “Was it inevitable that Germany unified . . .” “Star in Waiting,” National Review, August 30, 1999
150 “My colleagues were the smartest people I had ever met . . .” “Leaders for a New Millennium,” The Financial Times, December 28, 1995
150 “The most personally satisfying was working . . .” “Welcome Back, Professor Rice,” Stanford REES Newsletter, Spring 1991
150 “Excellence describes the people that I had . . .” “U.S. Intelligence and the End of the Cold War,” a speech given by George Bush at Texas A&M on November 19, 1999
Eight: ROOM AT THE TOP
152 “I tell my students . . .” “From ‘Not College Material’ to Stanford’s No. 2 Job,” The New York Times, June 23, 1993
152 according to Scowcroft . . . “Bush’s Foreign Policy Tutor,” The New York Times, June 16, 2000
152 “It wasn’t an easy decision . . .” “Welcome Back, Professor Rice,” REES Center for Russian & East European Studies Newsletter, Spring 1991
153 “I wanted a life . . .” Ibid.
154 “I’ve always tried to teach some of the decision-making . . .” Ibid.
154 “The events in the Soviet Union will unfold . . .” “Rice Quits Post,” Stanford Daily, March 14, 1991
154 “All the assumptions that I started out with as a student . . .” “End of the Cold War: Challenge for U.S. Policy,” The Commonwealth , December 6, 1991
155 “The Soviet Army still has as chance . . .” “A New Army for a New State,” Time, September 16, 1991.
155 “People in the Soviet Union associate Gorbachev . . .” “End of the Cold War: Challenge for U.S. Policy,” The Commonwealth, December 16, 1991
157 “assess the current training programs . . .” “Report of the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training and Related Issues to the Secretary of Defense,” December 16,1997 (www.defenselink.mil/pubs/git/report.html)
157 “I was a principal at Menlo Oaks Middle School . . .” Interview with Clara Rice
158 “He really didn’t like . . .” Ibid.
158 “The three of us . . .” Ibid.
159 “He was retired . . .” Ibid.
160 “Those are sort of my kids . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
160 “Ever since I’ve been out of school . . .” “The President’s Prodigy, Vogue, October 2001
160 “I have never accepted this notion . . .” Ibid.
160 “Dr. Rice has participated . . .” Stanford University Campus Report , April 1, 1992
162 “White men prove . . .” Interview with Albert A. Cannella
162 “She’s very well connected . . .” Ibid.
163 “business experts . . .” Ibid.
165 “American oil companies are important . . .” “Fox News Sunday” August 27, 2000, online transcript from eMediaMillWorks
165 “Oil companies have come a long way . . .” Ibid.
166 “We made the change to eliminate the unnecessary attention . . .” “Chevron redubs ship named for Bush aide,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2001
169 “Condi’s greatest expertise was on the international side . . .” Interview with Paul Brest
171 “I was greatly impressed . . .” “People in the News Profile: Condoleezza Rice,” CNN.com web site (www.cnn.com/CNN/programs/people/shows/rice/profile.html)
172 “I did not beat around the bush . . .” Ibid.
172 “I knew it would be somewhat controversial . . .” Ibid.
173 “Stanford—like all universities—is in a maelstrom . . .” “Casper Selects Condoleezza Rice to be Next Stanford Provost,” Stanford News Service press release, May 19, 1993
173 With her new appointment, Condi changed . . . “From ‘Not College Material’ to Stanford’s No. 2 Job,” The New York Times, June 23, 1993
174 “I tell my students, ‘If you find yourself . . .’” Ibid.
174 “I actually don’t think of this as a budgetary crisis . . .” “Stanford Cuts Budget Third Straight Year,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 11, 1993
174 “There was a sort of conventional wisdom . . .” “Velvet-glove Forcefulness,” Stanford Report, June 9, 1999
174 “I always feel bad for the dislocation . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
175 “In the first couple of years . . .” Stanford Magazine, May/June 1999
176 “Obviously this is slow, steady progress . . .” “Uphill Battle to Improve Status of Women on the Faculty,” Stanford University News Service press release, March 12, 1997
176 “You see 1 to 2 percent turnover rates . . .” “Velvet-glove Forcefulness,” Stanford Report, June 9, 1999
177 “is more than outweighed by the downside . . .” “Uphill Battle to Improve Status of Women on the Faculty,” Stanford University News Service press release, March 12, 1997
177 “Done in the right way . . .” Minutes of Stanford University’s Senate of the Academic Council, May 13, 1999 (www.stanford.edu. )
178 “Tenure is granted to those who have achieved . . .” “Sawislak to appeal denial of tenure to Advisory Board,” Stanford Report, April 1, 1998
179 “The argument that I have never bought . . .” “Velvet-glove Forcefulness,” Stanford Report, June 9, 1999
179 “I think the experience . . .” Ibid.
180 “This is something the entire university . . .” Stanford University News Service press release, May 10, 1996
180 “I’m very proud we’re fiscally sound now . . .” “Velvet-glove Forcefulness,” Stanford Report, June 9, 1999
180 “Condi was the provost when I was dean of the law school . . .” Interview with Paul Brest
181 “There’s always a lot of give and take . . .” Ibid.
182 “When we began working I didn’t know . . .” Interview with George Barth
182 “If she got a call . . .” Ibid.
182 “She played it very well . . .” Ibid.
183 “Most of my students are . . .” Ibid.
183 “We worked on that . . .” Ibid.
184 “I now play almost exclusively chamber music . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
184 “I played with orchestras . . .” Ibid.
184 “She would pay attention . . .” Interview with George Barth
185 “Condi is very self-disciplined . . .” Ibid.
185 “I put her through . . .” Interview with Mark Wateska
186 “If you don’t have children who are a break . . .” “Condoleezza Rice: Driven to Achieve,” The New York Times, December 18, 2000
186 “I get very caught up in what’s going on with the music . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
186 “She’s very goal-oriented . . .” Interview with Mark Wateska
186 “As a strength coach I guess I was the low man . . .” Ibid.
187 “He said, ‘you know . . .’” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
187 “I . . . tell them that I’ve been to Europe . . .” “Academic Style: Stanford’s New Provost Brings a Different Perspective to Campus,” Chicago Tribune, August 15, 1993
187 “I don’t suffer from Potomac fever . . .” “Leaders for a New Millennium,” Financial Times, December 28, 1995
188 “The most important thing became to get back . . .” Stanford Magazine , May-June 1999
188 “I’m going to take a leave from the university . . .” “Rice to Step Down in June after Six Years as Provost,” Stanford Report, December 9, 1998
188 “We all know her real passion . . .” “Condoleezza Rice Farewell,” Stanford Report, June 16, 1999
189 “To Condoleezza Rice . . .” Ibid.
189 “warm grace . . .” Ibid.
189 “She has this incredible reputation . . .” Interview with John Raisian
190 “She has had other . . .” Ibid.
190 “Condi is one of the brightest people . . .” “Stanford Provost Condoleezza Rice Appointed Hoover Senior Fellow,” Hoover Institution Newsletter, Summer 1999
Nine: PORTALS OF POWER: BUSH II
193 “If there is any lesson from history . . .” “Promoting the National Interest,” Foreign Affairs magazine, January/February 2000
193 “What a weird accident” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
195 “Since I was a girl I have relied on faith . . .” Ibid.
196 “If she’s doing her job well . . .” “West Wing Story: America’s Favorite Bushie,” Newsweek, August 1, 2001
196 “I try very hard to remember that I have to be very disciplined . . .” “The President’s Prodigy,” Vogue, October 2001
197 “I am responsible for making sure that I’ve checked things . . .” “Oprah Talks to Condoleezza Rice,” O: The Oprah Magazine, February 2002
197 “We had gotten off on the wrong foot . . .” “See George. See George Learn Foreign Policy,” Newsweek, June 18, 2001
197 “Using the American armed forces as the world’s ‘911’ . . .” “Promoting the National Interest,” Foreign Affairs magazine, January/February 2000
198 “lightning brained” “For Rice, A Daunting Challenge Ahead,” Washington Post, December 18, 2000
198 “rare ability . . . When you see her giving talks . . .” Interview with John Raisian
198 “On a scale of one to ten in degree of difficulty . . .” “Rice Shapes Bush’s View of the World,” Cox Newspapers Online, November 15, 2001 (coxnews.com)
200 “A poker-playing crony of the president’s . . .” Keepers of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council from Truman to Bush, by John Prados
200 “He should be a non-political confidant . . .” Ibid.
200 The nation’s twentieth national security advisor . . . The first two in that position were classified as “executive secretaries”; the title “National Security Advisor” was first given in the Eisenhower administration. See the Appendix for a complete list of all former advisors.
201 “Foreign policy is dominated by bald, graying white men . . .” “Condi Rice a rare woman in world affairs,” Denver Rocky Mountain News, December 18, 2000
201 “The foreign policy establishment, comprised primarily by males . . .” “The Status of Women in International Affairs Professions,” Women’s Foreign Policy Group web site (wfpg.org)
201 “The appointment of Madeleine Albright . . .” Ibid.
202 “High self-esteem and confidence went . . .” Ibid.
202 “I tried to pattern myself after him . . .” Madeleine Albright: Twentieth Century Odyssey, by Michael Dobbs
203 “He corrected her essays . . .” Ibid.
203 “spent a lot of time . . .” Ibid.
204 “Madeleine, I don’t know how to tell you . . .” “Lessons of Might and Right,” Washington Post, September 9, 2001
204 “I know and like Madeleine very much . . .” “Political Punch in a Package of Charm,” Financial Times, February 26, 2000
206 “Her touch was authoritative . . .” “For Condoleezza Rice, National Security by Day and Brahms by Night,” The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2002
206 “to help make sure . . .” “Condoleezza Rice,” BusinessWeek online, February 11, 2002
207 “a bureaucratic infighter without equal . . .” “Containment,” New Republic, February 5, 2001
208 “According to several Bush advisers . . .” Ibid.
208 “They have a very nice, easy, friendly style . . .” “The New Faces of U.S. to the World,” Christian Science Monitor, December 18, 2000
208 “keeping the trains running . . .” “Containment,” New Republic, February 5, 2001
208 “She not only spends the most time . . .” “Condoleezza Rice,” BusinessWeek online, February 11, 2002 (www.businessweek.com)
209 “Her mission to Moscow was unprecedented . . .” “Rice on Front Lines as Adviser to Bush,” The New York Times, August 16, 2001
209 “We’ve always said that we believe . . .” “Rice Says Bush, Putin ‘Moved Forward,’” U.S. Department of State International Information Programs, July 22, 2001 (online posting)
210 “I’ve been in lots of meetings . . .” “Messenger to Moscow,” Time, August 6, 2001
211 “As a result of hard work and determination . . .” “Beyond the ABM Treaty,” The Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2002
211 “Tell Aunt Condi . . .” Interview with Deborah Carson
212 “In the period starting in December 2000 . . .” “Rice: ‘No specific time, place or method mentioned,’” CNN.com/InsidePolitics, posted May 17, 2002 (CNN.com)
214 “We are committed to a world . . .” “Remarks by the National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, to the Conservative Political Action Conference,” February 1, 2002, as posted on the NATO web site, February 1, 2002 (nato.int)
Ten: AT WAR AND UNDER FIRE
215 “advising the leader of the world’s…” “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” Forbes, August 20, 2004, (www.forbes.com/2004/08/18/04powomland.htm)
216 “The President’s made it clear…” “Press Conference by Vice President Dick Cheney,” White House online, March 17, 2002, (www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/news-speeches/speeches/vp20020317.html)
216 the Iraqi leader “is an evil man…” “‘Moral case’ for deposing Saddam,” BBC News online, August 15, 2002, (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2193426.stm)
216 “History is littered…” “‘Moral case’ for deposing Saddam,” BBC News online, August 15, 2002, (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2193426.stm)
217 “There is a virtual consensus…” Brent Scowcroft, “Don’t Attack Saddam,” Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2002, (www.opinion-journalcom/forms/printThis.html?id=110002133. )
218 “an explosion of outrage…” Ibid.
218 “punish France…” “Bush on a Revenge Mission,” The Independent (London), April 26, 2003, p. 1
218 “They believe that September 11 was…” “Bush’s Tutor and Disciple—Condoleezza Rice,” New York Times, November 17, 2004, p. A1
219 “the orientation out of which I came…” Ibid.
219 he stated that the “attack on our nation was also…” “President’s Remarks to the Nation,” September 11, 2002, White House online, (www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/)
220 “Congress must make it…” “President Discusses Growing Danger Posed by Saddam Hussein’s Regime,” September 14, 2002, White House online, (www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/)
220 “In real life, power and values…” “Dr. Condoleezza Rice Discusses President’s National Security Strategy,” October 1, 2002, White House online, (www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/print/20021001-6.html)
221 “Inspectors had not been given…” Condoleezza Rice, “Why We Know Iraq Is Lying,” New York Times, January 23, 2003, p. A25
221 the document “fails to account for…” Ibid.
222 “clearly, that particular report….” “Timeline of the Iraq Uranium Allegations,” ABC News online, (abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=79455)
222 “Iraq has failed to take…” “Iraq: US/UK/Spain Draft Resolution,” February 24, 2003,” posted on The United States Mission to the European Union site, (www.useu.be/Categories/GlobalAffairs/Iraq/.Feb2403ResolutionIraq.html )
222 “The military option should…” “Memorandum Submitted by France, Germany & Russia on Iraq Weapons Inspections,” February 24, 2003, posted on C-Span.org, (c-span.org/resources/fyi/frenchresolution.asp )
222 “We all continue to live under…” “Press Briefing by Dr. Condoleezza Rice,” February 24, 2003, White House online, (www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/02/20030224-14.html. )
223 “the weather was better this time” “Commander in Chief’s Visit Sets Aircraft Carrier’s Crew Abuzz, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 2, 2003, (seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/120279_lincolnsub.html. )
224 “We looked like a normal couple” “How White House Planners Kept High-risk Journey Secret to the End,” Ottawa Citizen, November 28, 2003, p. A1
225 “Let the chips fall…” “Thanksgiving Surprise Raises Stakes for Bush,” Seattle Times, November 29, 2003, p. A1
225 “As I was telling…” “Perspectives,” Newsweek, May 3, 2004, as posted on MSNBC.com, (msnbc.msn.com/id/4824766/)
225 “providing the nation…” Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, The 9/11 Report (New York: St. Martin’s Press, August 2004), p. ix
226 “Nothing would be better…” “Can’t Testify, Condi Insists,” Daily News, March 29, 2004, p.2
226 “George W. Bush…failed to act…” Richard A. Clarke, Against All Enemies (New York: Free Press, 2004), p. x
227 White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales sent… “Excerpts from White House Letter on Rice’s Testimony,” New York Times, March 31, 2004, p. A20
227 “Rice herself weakened…” “The White House Blinks,” Buffalo News, March 31, 2004, p. B8
227 “The terrorists were at war with us…” “Testimony of Condoleezza Rice Before 9/11 Commission,” New York Times, April 8, 2004, transcript posted on nytimes.com, (www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/politics/08RICETEXT.html?ex=1102050000&en=787702147cceca23&ei=5070)
228 “Isn’t it a fact, Dr. Rice…” Ibid.
229 “Although Rice’s testimony produced…” “Rice Holds the Line,” Time, April 8, 2004, online edition, (www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C609491%2C00.html)
230 “We have no credible evidence…” “Overview of the Enemy: Staff Statement No. 15,” National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States, June 16, 2004 (. www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/index.htm)
230 American casualties… “Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties,” CNN.com, December 8, 2004, (www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/)
230 “The frequency and location…” “Rice Hitting the Road to Speak,” Washington Post, October 20, 2004, p. A2.
230 Condi appeared so often “on the campaign trail…” “The Friends of George,” New York Times, November 17, 2004, p. A1
231 “Of course not…” “Dr. Condoleezza Rice Talks About her Career as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs,” National Public Radio, “Tavis Smiley,” October 28, 2004.
231 “By tradition and custom…” “GOP Star to Skip Convention,” Washington Post, August 7, 2004, p. A7
231 “During the last four years…” “President Nominates Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State,” White House press release, November 16, 2004, (www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/11/20041116-3.html)
232 “Thank you, Mr. President….” Ibid.
233 “One is that she will…” “To Europeans, Rice Brings Mitigated Hope of Harmony,” New York Times, November 20, 2004, p. A1
233 “Having someone like her choose…” “Uterine Fibroid Surgery; Rice to Undergo Procedure,” Newsday, November 19, 2004, p. A44
234 “Dr. Jacob Cynamon…” Ibid.
234 “The first viable female candidate . . .” “The Bush Look” Salon.com web site, February 28, 2001 (www.salon.com)
235 “I am not a very good long-term planner . . .” “Academic Style: Stanford’s New Provost Brings a Different Perspective to Campus,” Chicago Tribune, August 15, 1993
235 “I’d like to think of myself as passionate . . .” “Mad About Music,” transcript of the WNYC radio program aired on September 7, 2001
235 “We look at her as . . .” Interview with Reverend William Jones
236 “There were no role models for her . . .” “National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Chosen for Special NAACP Image Award,” Associated Press web site, February 24, 2002 (http://wire.ap.org)
236 “I had a different reaction . . .” Public speech given at the Capital Rotunda at the 2002 National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance
237 “As I travel . . .” Ibid.
238 “We do not choose our circumstances . . .” Ibid.