This Child Will Be Great

by Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson

• ISBN13: 9780061353475
• ISBN10: 0061353477
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-19
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

From Liberian President Sirleaf-- Africa's first elected female president-- comes an inspirational memoir about her improbable rise to international prominence, her fight for political freedom, and her unwavering determination to rebuild Liberia in the wake of civil war.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
The Beginning	p. 7
Childhood Ends	p. 23
America Again	p. 43
The Tolbert Years	p. 65
The 1980 Coup	p. 93
Climbing the Corporate Ladder	p. 113
The 1985 Elections	p. 119
The Attempted Coup	p. 137
Escape	p. 155
Equator Bank and the Charles Taylor War	p. 165
ECOMOG	p. 187
UNDP and Rwanda	p. 195
War Some More/1997 Elections	p. 205
Self-imposed Exile, or Exile Again	p. 221
Accra and the Transition	p. 235
Becoming President	p. 245
Inauguration Day	p. 269
The First Hundred Days	p. 275
Some Challenges Ahead	p. 291
The Future	p. 309
Appendix: Inaugural Speech by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf	p. 317
Acknowledgments	p. 335
Bibliography	p. 337
Index	p. 339
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