Ebook: My American Journey

Luther and Arie's son -- A soldier's life for me -- Courting Alma -- "It'll take half a million men to succeed" -- Coming home -- Back to Vietnam -- White House fellow -- "Go, gunfighter, go!" -- The graduate school of war -- In the Carter Defense Department -- The Reaganites -- and a close call -- The phone never stops ringing -- "Frank, you're gonna ruin my career" -- National security advisor to the President -- One last command -- "Mr. Chairman, we've got a problem" -- When you've lost your best enemy -- A line in the sand -- Every war must end -- Change of command -- Mustering out -- A farewell to arms -- Afterword -- Colin Powell's rules.;The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recalls his youth, his military service, and his rise to the heights of America's political and military elite.