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Choosing the Hero: My Improbable Journey and the Rise of Africa's First Woman President - Couverture souple

Levinson, K. Riva

 
9781937247034: Choosing the Hero: My Improbable Journey and the Rise of Africa's First Woman President
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1937247031 ISBN 13 : 9781937247034
Editeur : Kiwai Media, Incorporated, 2016

Synopsis

This 10th anniversary edition of this award-winning book tells one of the most inspiring stories of our time: the rise of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to become President of Liberia and the first woman elected to lead an African nation. But President Sirleaf could not have done it alone; among those who worked tirelessly to help her achieve victory was Washington, D.C.–based international consultant and lobbyist K. Riva Levinson. Choosing the Hero is Levinson’s compelling account of her career and how she joined forces with Sirleaf to fight for a cause bigger than either of them. With gripping anecdotes, Levinson describes her adventures working in high-stakes environments around the globe, from Somalia to Iraq. Yet it is her efforts on behalf of Sirleaf that form the heart of the book, chronicling her behind-the-scenes lobbying for the exiled leader in Washington, D.C., as well as her hands-on work in Liberia. It took three attempts for Sirleaf to finally win the presidency in 2005—she later won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and oversaw Liberia's first peaceful democratic transition of power in seventy-five years in 2018. Ultimately, Choosing the Hero is an exciting look into the inner workings of the making of U.S. foreign policy, as well as Riva Levinson’s personal journey of finding a hero and fighting for a worthy cause.

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À propos de l'auteur

K. Riva Levinson is a leading strategist on international policy issues, and has managed projects in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. She has served as a chief advisor to Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf since 1997. Levinson received her bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and holds a master’s degree in national security studies from Georgetown University. Now the president and CEO of KRL International LLC, she resides in northern Virginia with her husband and two children. Choosing the Hero is her first book.

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Éditeur
Kiwai Media, Incorporated
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1937247031
ISBN 13 
9781937247034
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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