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02853aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 42DE00F24F6211E893A1413C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180504011312 008 160203t20182018nyuaf 001 0aeng d 020 $a 9781510710337 020 $a 1510710337 035 $a (OCoLC)936533907 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d HBP $e rda $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 358.40092 $2 23 100 1 $a Schwartz, Norton A., $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a Journey : $b memoirs of a U.S. Air Force chief of staff / $c General (ret.) Norty Schwartz and Suzie Schwartz with Ronald Levinson ; forword by Leon Panetta. 246 30 $a Memoirs of a U.S. Air Force chief of staff 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Skyhorse Publishing, $c [2018] 300 $a xxii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm 520 $a An uncensored account of General Schwartz's term as the wartime US Air Force Chief of Staff under presidents Bush and Obama.The General's dysfunctional home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy over forty years ago, where he was provided with a new family and sense of worth he had never earned from his own father. This purpose has driven the General throughout his remarkable career, taking him to Alaska, the Pentagon, and Germany; to Florida during Hurricane Opal, and has also allowed him to work alongside Presidents Bush and Obama and Secretaries of Defense Don Rumsfeld, Bob Gates and Leon Panetta.Journey is a book about leadership. It is packed with the General's lessons from life in the military: breaking the mold, flying uncharted airspace, battles--from Iraq to the Pentagon, Afghanistan to Congress. It's about pushing limits in an era of diminishing budgets and fewer resources to fuel the furnace of innovation. He chronicles the phenomenal story of the evolution of the US special operations, such as what was achieved when taking down Bin Laden. The General discusses the controversial new technologies that have been allowing America to build new capabilities in remote aircraft and cyber warfare. Many believe General Schwartz's greatest legacy will be the dramatic acceleration of the "drone" program. He is a staunch advocate for it and this book will explain why. 500 $a Includes index. 600 10 $a Schwartz, Norton A., $d 1951- 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force $x Officers $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Decision making. $x Decision making. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Schwartz, Suzie, $e author. 700 1 $a Levinson, Ronald, $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012020051.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180504012151.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=42DE00F24F6211E893A1413C97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search