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02201aam a2200373Ia 4500 001 42828CC064CA11E0AE800D9B6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 101021t20102009mdua b 001 0beng 020 $a 0742551873 020 $a 9780742551879 035 $a (OCoLC)671329224 040 $a IEB $c IEB $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UVU $d SGB $d QBX $d IOG $d SILO 082 14 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a O'Sullivan, Christopher D. 245 1 $a Colin Powell : $b a political biography / $c Christopher D. O'Sullivan. 250 $a 1st pbk. ed. 260 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, $c 2010, c2009. 300 $a xvi, 219 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Biographies in American foreign policy. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-208) and index. 500 $a Originally published in hardcover in 2009 as Colin Powell : American power and intervention from Vietnam to Iraq. 505 0 $a The education of a soldier, 1937-1980 -- From the Pentagon to the White House, 1980-1987 -- National Security Adviser at the end of the Cold War, 1987-1989 -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 1989-1993 -- The military and diplomacy after the Cold War -- Secretary of State -- Powell, Iraq, and the "fog of war" -- Conclusion. 520 $a In this exploration of Powell's career and character, Christopher O'Sullivan reveals several broad themes crucial to American foreign policy and yields insights into the evolution of American foreign and defense policy in the post-Vietnam, post-Cold War eras. In addition, O'Sullivan explores the conflicts and debates between different foreign policy ideologies such as neo-conservatism and realism. --from publisher description. 600 10 $a Powell, Colin L. 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American generals $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army $v Biography. 650 0 $a Statesmen $z United States $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Dept. of State $v Biography. 830 0 $a Biographies in American foreign policy. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20110412010624.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=42828CC064CA11E0AE800D9B6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search