My American Journey

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Ballantine Books, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 644 pages
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history--Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm--but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier's directness.
 

Contents

Luther and Aries Son 3088
3
A Soldiers Life for Me
38
Courting Alma
62
Soldiering
75
Itll Take Half a Million Men to Succeed
77
Coming Home
102
Back to Vietnam
126
White House Fellow
146
Frank Youre Gonna Ruin My Career
305
National Security Advisor to the President
339
One Last Command
387
Mr Chairman Weve Got a Problem
401
When Youve Lost Your Best Enemy
422
A Line in the Sand
446
Every War Must End
493
Change of Command
529

Go Gunfighter Go
173
The Graduate School of War
198
The Washington Years
223
In the Carter Defense Department
225
The Reaganitesand a Close Call
246
The Phone Never Stops Ringing
272
Mustering Out
555
A Farewell to Arms
576
Afterword
597
Colin Powells Rules
603
Index
643
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