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Colin Powell : imperfect patriot /

For the past three decades, Colin Powell has been among America's most trusted and admired leaders. This biography demonstrates that Powell's decades-long development as an exemplary subordinate is crucial to understanding his astonishing rise from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthews, Jeffrey J., 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Powell, Colin L.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
African American generals > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Causes.
Leadership > United States.
Followership.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The military years. Obedient son (1937-1957)
  • Dutiful soldier (1958-1969)
  • Follower and commander (1970-1982)
  • Loyalist (1983-1988)
  • Chairman (1989-1993)
  • Part II: The civilian years. Presidential icon (1993-2000)
  • Leader, follower, odd man out (2001-2004)
  • Adviser (2002-2003)
  • Defender in chief (2003-2004)
  • Epilogue.