With gripping anecdotes, Levinson describes her adventures working in some of the most dangerous places on earth, from Mogadishu to Baghdad. But it is her efforts on behalf of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf that form the heart of Choosing the Hero. Levinson chronicles her behind-the-scenes lobbying for the exiled Sirleaf in Washington, D.C., as well as her on-the-ground work in Liberia. It took three tries for Sirleaf to finally win the presidency in 2006. Since her inauguration, President Sirleaf, who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, has transformed her war-ravaged country into one of the world’s post-conflict success stories.

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