The remarkable lives of those who have made their name defending, protecting and serving the United States are examined in this series that details each subject's family background, childhood, education, military pursuits and success; engaging text, color photos, primary source and historic documents present groundbreaking events and milestones that led to a lasting military and heroic legacy.
Moving between the army and high position in both Republican and Democratic Administration, Colin Powell has a unique perspective.
This book tells about Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and Colin Powell.
This is a book of political excitement and disclosure, but it is much more. A Soldier's Way reveals General Powell's passionate beliefs in family and personal responsibility. It is an account of an adventure that has not run its course.
Powell gives us behind-the-scenes portraits of Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, of Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf, and many others. This is a book of political excitement and disclosure, but it is much more.
The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shares his vision and recounts his life's journey, from his childhood in the Bronx as the son of Jamaican immigrants, to his impressive military career. Reprint.
Colin was beside himself with excitement, but he still didn't know if he had a son or a daughter. Was Alma all right? So he had his radio operator reach the base camp, where an earlier letter from Alma was sitting in a stack of ...
... Jim Haskins , Colin Powell . New York : Scholastic , 1992. A useful short biography of Powell that appeared shortly after the war with Iraq ; written for the junior high school market . Frank B. Latham , The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow , " ...