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Since his selection as a White House Fellow in 1972, Colin Powell has served in top posts under three secretaries of defense and four presidents. He served in one foreign war and ran another, and has ...

Originally published in hardcover in 2009 as Colin Powell : American power and intervention from Vietnam to Iraq. Contents The education of a soldier, 1937-1980 -- From the Pentagon to the White House ...

Defense planners should use Gen. Colin Powell’s passing as an opportunity to relearn the lessons of Vietnam that he implemented with great success in the 1991 Gulf War. As Chairman... A great American ...