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He started his military education and career at the city college of new york in 1954. This is the colin powell who ushered out the last day of 1994 by cleaning the grout between the tiles of his. The release of his first book, my american journey 2003, fueled a groundswell campaign to nominate him for president in the upcoming election. He was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during the first iraq war and served as secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. When he got to ccny and joined the pershing rifles army rotc, he found his calling and his career. Signed 1995 book my american journey by colin powell ebth. Colin powell is an uncommon man with the common touch. Upper corners of boards crimped and jacket creased at the corners and both spine ends. During his military career, powell also served as national security advisor 19871989, as commander of the u. San diego union tribune colin powells candid, introspective autobiography is a joy for all with an appetite for wellwritten political and social commentary. My american journey, by colin powell, dated 199607, excerpts by colin powell, tired of media reports of fundraising and poll results instead of policy issues. One of the most prominent figures in american public life, general colin l. Powell served as the twelfth chairman of the joint chiefs of staff under both president george bush and president bill clinton. Although it is long, it is easy to keep up a good pace because it is so interesting and colin powell s personal style really comes through.
I f you were a fly on the wall of my high school 20 years ago, youd see me walking to class with a copy of colin powells my american journey. He was the first jamaican american appointed to that position. Bush white house about whether going to war in iraq was really a good idea. Sep 19, 2006 whether you are a political junkie, a military buff, or just interested in a good story, my american journey is a book well worth reading. Colin powell has 25 books on goodreads with 19509 ratings. A signed 1995 edition of my american journey by colin powell is also inscribed in black ink with a message to the reverend robert schuller. My american journey by colin l powell powells books. Throughout the book, his love for the country of his birth, and the army that provided. In life and leadership followed his biography, my american journey. Persico 1995, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay.
Life lessons from colin powell if youre looking for advice on leadership, its good to start with a fourstar general. My final criticism of the book, and it really isnt colin powell s fault, was that it ended in the mid1990s. This was not anything in the way of a bifurcation of my responsibilities or of rich. And why powells 600 page autobiography and not, for instance, a car magazine or the latest pearl jam album. Colin powell my american journey by colin powell with joseph. He also talked about the process of writing, including his cooperation with joseph e. Persico, colin powells my american journey critical essays. Army forces command 1989 and as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff 19891993. Powell talked about his book, my american journey, published by random house, which chronicles his life, including his military service in vietnam and the gulf war and the rebuilding effort between the two conflicts. Rather than diminish the readership for my american journey, general colin powell s announcement that he would join the republican party but not seek its nomination for the presidency should spur more americans to read this extraordinary biography. My american journey is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. He was the first african american appointed to that position. The rest is historyvietnam, the pentagon, panama, desert stormbut a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Books by colin powell author of my american journey.
It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of america. Because im a leadership nerd, thats whyand still am. This book is colin powells autobiography, beginning with growing up in the ethnicallydiverse neighborhood of the south bronx in new york city of the 1930s, and ending with his service in the clinton administration in the 1990s. When they fall down, pick em up, dust em off, pat em on the back, and move em on. He was a major architect of desert storm, the dramatic allied success in the fortythreeday. My american journey, colin powell by powell, colin, with joseph e. He describes his love for the miltary, especially the army, and for his country. In his new memoir, former secretary of state colin. He was born in harlem to immigrant parents from jamaica.
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