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03485aam a22005298i 4500 001 84B41F646CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20240614012153 008 181119s2019 inu e b 001 0beng 010 $a 2018055514 020 $a 9780268105105 020 $a 0268105103 020 $a 026810509X 020 $a 9780268105099 035 $a (OCoLC)1052872325 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d GL4 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-iq--- $a a-iq--- 050 00 $a E840.5 P68 M38 2019 100 1 $a Matthews, Jeffrey J., $d 1965- $e author. 245 10 $a Colin Powell : $b imperfect patriot / $c Jeffrey J. Matthews. 263 $a 1902 264 1 $a Notre Dame, Indiana : $b University of Notre Dame Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xvi, 396 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: The military years. Obedient son (1937-1957) -- Dutiful soldier (1958-1969) -- Follower and commander (1970-1982) -- Loyalist (1983-1988) -- Chairman (1989-1993) -- Part II: The civilian years. Presidential icon (1993-2000) -- Leader, follower, odd man out (2001-2004) -- Adviser (2002-2003) -- Defender in chief (2003-2004) -- Epilogue. 520 $a "For the past three decades, Colin Powell has been among America's most trusted and admired leaders. This biography demonstrates that Powell's decades-long development as an exemplary subordinate is crucial to understanding his astonishing rise from a working-class immigrant neighborhood to the highest echelons of military and political power. Once an aimless, ambitionless teenager who barely graduated from college, Powell became an extraordinarily effective and staunchly loyal subordinate to many powerful superiors who, in turn, helped to advance his career. By the time Powell became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he had developed into the consummate follower--motivated, competent, composed, honorable, and independent. The quality of his followership faltered, however, after he became George W. Bush's secretary of state. Powell proved a fallible patriot, and in the course of a long and distinguished career he made some grave and consequential errors in judgment. While those blunders do not erase the significance of his commendable achievements amid decades of public service, they are failures nonetheless."--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Powell, Colin L. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $x Officers $v Biography. 611 27 $a Iraq War (2003-2011) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01802311 650 0 $a African American generals $v Biography. 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Statesmen $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Cabinet officers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Iraq War, 2003-2011 $x Causes. 650 0 $a Leadership $z United States. 650 0 $a Followership. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2001-2009. 648 7 $a 2001-2011 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Matthews, Jeffrey J., 1965- $t Colin Powell. $d Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019] $z 9780268105112 $w (DLC) 2018057014 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019012739.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012011429.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20211030010413.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605015859.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=84B41F646CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search