TY  - BOOK
AU  - Powell,Colin L.
AU  - Persico,Joseph E.
ED  - Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
TI  - My American journey
T2  - A Ballantine Book
SN  - 9780345407283 (pbk.)
AV  - E840.5 .P68A 1996
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - Ballantine Books
KW  - Powell, Colin L.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Biography
KW  - Generals
KW  - African American generals
N1  - Includes index; Luther and Arie's son - A soldier's life for me - Courting Alma - "It'll take half a million men to succeed" - Coming home - Back to Vietnam - White House fellow - "Go, gunfighter, go!" - The graduate school of war - In the Carter Defense Department - The Reaganites - and a close call - The phone never stops ringing - "Frank, you're gonna ruin my career" - National security advisor to the President - One last command - "Mr. Chairman, we've got a problem" - When you've lost your best enemy - A line in the sand - Every war must end - Change of command - Mustering out - A farewell to arms - Afterword - Colin Powell's rules
N2  - The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recalls his youth, his military service, and his rise to the heights of America's political and military elite
ER  -