The same readers will be drawn to this thorough and attractive biography, though many will be shocked by its revelations and the affairs that continued into her old age.

ECONOMIST: English heroines

Since that speech, Pentagon public-affairs officials have continued to refuse to provide any details of strikes in Yemen.

WSJ: U.S. Rethinks Secrecy on Drone Program

Rice was a specialist on Soviet affairs in the first Bush administration and continued writing and lecturing on international affairs while at Stanford University during the Clinton presidency.

CNN: Rice forcefully rebuts Clarke testimony