From Rage to Reason: My Life in Two Americas

by Janet Langhart Cohen

An African-American Democrat married to the white Republican former Secretary of Defense reveals how she used her anger from growing up in poverty, segregation, and prejudice to make a positive impact on the world, becoming a renowned journalist and the "First Lady" of the Pentagon. 40,000 first printing.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2004

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[Chi Dubinski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Janet Cohen, the African American wife of former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, tells her story. A pretty, ambitious girl growing up in Indianapolis, she became a model and journalist, interviewing Rosa Parks, David Duke and Arnold Schwarzenegger. She claims Schwarzenegger had her fired from Entertainment Tonight because she asked about claims that his father was a Nazi.