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100 1 _aPowell, Colin L.
245 1 0 _aMy American journey /
_cColin L. Powell, with Joseph E. Persico.
250 _a1st Ballatine Books ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bBallantine Books,
_c1996.
300 _axii, 644 p., [48] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c18 cm.
490 0 _aA Ballantine Book
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aLuther 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.
520 _aThe 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.
600 1 0 _aPowell, Colin L.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_vBiography.
650 0 _aGenerals
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAfrican American generals
_vBiography.
700 1 _aPersico, Joseph E.
710 2 _aCopyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
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