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1 online resource |
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Dark days and enduring lessons : on strategic leadership, trust and reform -- Beginnings : a student of history -- Student, soldier, cadet : early lessons in strategy -- Crucible of leadership : the Korean War -- A master in strategy : Georgetown, Eisenhower and Project Solarium -- Ivory towers & institution building : Georgetown's Center for Strategic Studies -- Washington in crisis : the State Department, Vietnam and the Nixon years -- A voice in the darkness : preserving Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty -- A perfect victory : revitalizing NATO -- Saving the Reagan presidency : a leader regains the nation's trust -- Reimagining the world : CSIS in the post-Cold War era -- Triumphs & tragedies : CSPC, 9/11, and the Iraq War -- The art of national renewal : science, education and infrastructure |
| Summary |
"From army days, to working with lawmakers for the State Department, to international diplomacy, to his time as counselor to presidents, David Abshire was a fixture in the effort to make America a superpower with a higher purpose"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Abshire, David M
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| SUBJECT |
Abshire, David M. fast |
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Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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Exceptionalism -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Statesmen
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Exceptionalism
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Ambassadors
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Political leadership
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Biographies
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Autobiographies
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018027736 |
| ISBN |
9781538109229 |
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1538109220 |
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