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The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell Oren Harari McGraw-Hill ISBN 0071398591 L16.99
Colin Powell rose from military leadership as General Powell - to government office and a place on the international stage - as Secretary of State Powell. As the child of Jamaican immigrants, he joined the US army only a short time after it became racially integrated in 1952. The southern states of the USA where he served in the early 1960s were not integrated and yet, despite a background of indignities, he rose to be a four star general: a towering achievement of true merit, rewarded by his current office.
His autobiography My American Journey suggests that Powell is modest and unassuming and it is...