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Description

1. xvi, 396 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "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 the highest echelons of military and political power. Once an aimless, ambitionless teenager who barely graduated from college, Powell became an extraordinarily effective and staunchly loyal subordinate to many powerful superiors who, in turn, helped to advance his career. By the time Powell became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he had developed into the consummate follower--motivated, competent, composed, honorable, and independent. The quality of his followership faltered, however, after he became George W. Bush's secretary of state. Powell proved a fallible patriot, and in the course of a long and distinguished career he made some grave and consequential errors in judgment. While those blunders do not erase the significance of his commendable achievements amid decades of public service, they are failures nonetheless."--Provided by publisher.

Subject

1. Powell, Colin L
2. United States. Army > Officers > Biography
3. United States. Army
4. Iraq War (2003-2011)
5. 2001-2011
6. African American generals > Biography
7. Generals > United States > Biography
8. Statesmen > United States > Biography
9. Cabinet officers > United States > Biography
10. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Causes
11. Leadership > United States
12. Followership
13. African American generals
14. Armed Forces > Officers
15. Cabinet officers
16. Generals
17. Leadership
18. Politics and government
19. Statesmen
20. War > Causes
21. United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009
22. Iraq
23. United States

Genre/Form

1. Biography.

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. Sc E 19-759

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Matthews, Jeffrey J., 1965- author.

Title

1. Colin Powell : imperfect patriot / Jeffrey J. Matthews.

Publisher

1. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Chronological term

1. 2001-2011

LCCN

1. 2018055514

ISBN

1. 9780268105099 hardcover ; alkaline paper
2. 026810509X hardcover ; alkaline paper
3. 0268105103 paperback ; alkaline paper
4. 9780268105105 paperback ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. Sc E 19-759