Filed Under: Books, Events, North Korea, Politics, U.S.-DPRK relations

September 6, 2007

Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Diplomatic Correspondent, discusses his book, The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy. The book is a detailed and newsy look at Rice’s tenure as Secretary of State, including her policies toward North Korea, the Middle East, Europe and terrorism.

“Glenn Kessler is a tough, independent beat reporter of the old school. His chronicle of Condoleezza Rice’s turn as Secretary of State is meticulous and fair, but it provides a devastating account of how Rice’s diplomacy often rested on wish and illusion, and was finally overwhelmed by the Bush Administration’s failed foreign policies.” — Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden

Commentary by James Mann, Foreign Policy Institute, Author in Residence, and Don Oberdorfer, Chairman, U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS.