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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
"From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiii, 269 pages : illustrations (black and white), portraits, photographs, facsimilies ; 25 cm.
Description
"Craig McNamara came of age in the political tumult and upheaval of the late 60s. While Craig McNamara would grow up to take part in anti-war demonstrations, his father, Robert McNamara, served as John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Defense and the architect of the Vietnam War. This searching and revealing memoir offers an intimate picture of one father and son at pivotal periods in American history"--
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
The influential former Secretary of Defense presents a memoir that reveals the complex inner workings of the Pentagon and its essential role in global politics, national security, and scientific research.
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"A sweeping history of the intertwined careers of Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, whose rivalry and conflicting views of U.S. national security color our political debate to this day. Dick Cheney and Colin Powell emerged on the national scene more than thirty years ago, and it is easy to forget that they were once allies. It was Cheney who pressed for Powell's appointment as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over the initial skepticism of the White...
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