Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For

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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
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First edition
AuthorSusan E. Rice
LanguageEnglish
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date
October 8, 2019
ISBN 9781501189975 hard cover
Preceded byConfronting Poverty: Weak States and U.S. National Security (2010) [1]  

Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For is a 2019 nonfiction book published by Simon & Schuster by Susan Rice, [2] [3] [4] [5] who had served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations and as National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama. [6]

Contents

Reception

The review in The New York Times described Rice's "retelling of the foreign policy decisions of the Clinton and Obama administrations" as "clinical." [7] The Times described how Rice had become a "lightning rod of partisan hatred" as she suffered the fallout for the Benghazi affair. Rice writes that she is most comfortable in the "policy-focused, behind-the-scenes roles" but was thrust into the limelight as a major player in Benghazi. [7]

NPR called her memoir "candid" and said that she told her personal story with honesty. [6]

Publishers Weekly called the book a "stellar debut memoir" of Rice's "public service career". [8]

Publication

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References

  1. Rice, Susan; Graff, Corinne; Pascual, Carlos (eds.). Confronting Poverty. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. Rice, Susan (October 8, 2019). Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
  3. DeYoung, Karen (December 6, 2019). "For Susan Rice, diplomacy began at home — at age 7". Washington Post. Review. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. "Book Marks reviews of Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for by Susan Rice". Book Marks. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Kim, Caitlyn (October 8, 2019). "In 'Tough Love,' Former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice Aims To Reclaim Her Voice". NPR. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  7. 1 2 Phillip, Abby D. (October 24, 2019). "'Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For,' by Susan Rice: An Excerpt". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  8. "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting". Publishers Weekly. Nonfiction Book Review. October 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2020.