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Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot
โ Scribed by Jeffrey J. Matthews
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 417
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. THE MILITARY YEARS
ONE Obedient Son (1937โ1957)
TWO Dutiful Soldier (1958โ1969)
THREE Follower and Commander (1970โ1982)
FOUR Loyalist (1983โ1988)
FIVE Chairman (1989โ1993)
PART II. THE CIVILIAN YEARS
SIX Presidential Icon (1993โ2000)
SEVEN Leader, Follower, Odd Man Out (2001โ2004)
EIGHT Adviser (2002โ2003)
NINE Defender in Chief (2003โ2004)
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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