Colin Powell - A Political Biography

Informationen zum Autor Christopher D. O'Sullivan teaches history and international studies at the University of San Francisco where he is the recipient of their most recent Distinguished Lecturer Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is the author of several books including FDR and the End of Empire,Colin Powell: A Political Biography (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010), The United Nations, and Sumner Welles: Postwar Planning and the Quest for a New World Order which received the American Historical Association's Gutenberg-e Prize. Klappentext In this exploration of Colin Powell's career and character, Christopher D. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Education of a Soldier, 1937-1980 Chapter 2: From the Pentagon to the White House, 1980-1987 Chapter 3: National Security Advisor at the End of the Civil War, 1987-1989 Chapter 4: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 1989-1993 Chapter 5: The Military and Diplomacy After the Civil War Chapter 6: Secretary of State Chapter 7: Powell, Iraq, and the "Fog of War" Conclusion

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• Autori: &apos, O&apos, Christopher D O'Sullivan, Christopher D. O'Sullivan, Christopher D. O''sullivan, O'Sullivan Christopher D., Christopher D. sullivan
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.11.2010
• EAN: 9780742551879
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5187-9
• Pagine: 236
• Serie: Biographies in American Foreign Policy; Biographies in American Foreign Policy
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