Eyes on the horizon : serving on the frontlines of national security /
General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the four years following September 11, 2001, looks back over his career and provides a candid, revealing insider's view of the war on terror and proposing a bold new plan that will prepare America for the diverse national se...
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New York :
Threshold,
[2009]
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I: Remembrance. Sunshine and smoke : September 11, 2001 ; Family values in Kansas : discipline, integrity, hard work ; Spreading wings : college, ROTC, pilot training, marriage ; Early Air Force : Germany, fighter training, first combat mission Southeast Asia
- Pt. II: Leadership. Honing skills: from fighter weapons school instructor to major general ; Diplomacy and might : Japan Joint Command, assistant to the chairman, Space Command ; Presidential adviser : vice chairman, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the rise of al-Qaida
- Pt. III: Attack and counterattack : September 11, 2001-October 1, 2005. Defining moment : vulnerable on our own soil ; Taking the war to the enemy in Afghanistan : Operation Enduring Freedom ; A new playing field : WMD and Operation Iraqi Freedom, detainees, the Geneva Convention ; Leadership in time of war : the coalition, the growing insurgency, Abu Ghraib, reshaping the military
- Pt. IV: Our national security future. The enduring threat : violent extremism ; The most important national security challenges America will face : protecting the future of democracy.