Statesman - Reflections on a Life Guided By Civility, Strategic Leadership,

In this final letter to the country he loved, the late Ambassador David Abshire warns his fellow citizens that America has lost its sense of strategic direction and common purpose. Drawing on the lessons of history and his own extraordinary life, Abshire tells us how to reclaim what truly made America great.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Dark Days and Enduring Lessons: On Strategic Leadership, Trust and Reform
Chapter 2: Beginnings: A Student of History
Chapter 3: Student, Soldier, Cadet: Early Lessons in Strategy
Chapter 4: Crucible of Leadership: The Korean War
Chapter 5: A Master in Strategy: Georgetown, Eisenhower and Project Solarium
Chapter 6: Ivory Towers & Institution Building: Georgetown's Center for Strate-gic Studies
Chapter 7: Washington in Crisis: The State Department, Vietnam and the Nixon Years
Chapter 8: A Voice in the Darkness: Preserving Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
Chapter 9: A Perfect Victory: Revitalizing NATO
Chapter 10: Saving the Reagan Presidency: A Leader Regains the Nation's Trust
Chapter 11: Reimagining the World: CSIS in the Post-Cold War Era
Chapter 12: Triumphs & Tragedies: CSPC, 9/11, and the Iraq War
Chapter 13: The Art of National Renewal: Science, Education and Infrastructure

Epilogue

About the author

By Ambassador David Abshire - Edited by James Kitfield - Foreword by Evan Thomas

Product details

• Authors: Ambassador David Abshire, David Abshire, David Ambassador Abshire, David M. Abshire, David Ambassador Abshire
• Assisted by: James Kitfield (Editor), Kitfield James (Editor), Evan Thomas (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781538109212
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0921-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, 20th Century, Memoirs, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Political structure and processes