Becton : Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant

by Becton, Julius W., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781591140214
• ISBN10: 1591140218
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Prologue	p. xv
Growing up on the Main Line	p. 1
My Call to Service	p. 14
Active Duty Again	p. 31
Back to the Pacific	p. 39
Peacetime Duty	p. 48
Higher Education	p. 59
The Washington Rat Race	p. 70
Command in Combat	p. 77
The Home Front	p. 90
Life as a General Officer	p. 105
Change of Command	p. 115
The Honest Broker	p. 136
Jayhawkland	p. 148
The Final Salute	p. 167
The Politics of Disaster	p. 179
Taking Charge of FEMA	p. 189
Prairie View	p. 207
An Improbable Journey	p. 230
My Toughest Challenge	p. 241
Retirement at Last	p. 266
Epilogue	p. 281
Appendixes
Executive Order 9981, 26 July 1948	p. 283
Selection Rates for Black Officers to Brigadier General (ACC)	p. 285
Cold Reason	p. 287
Testimony before Homeland Security Subcommittee Staff, 5 May 2003: Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr., USA (Ret.)	p. 290
Don Graham's Letter	p. 293
American Battle Monuments Commission Medal for Distinguished Service Award	p. 294
Veterans History Project Commentary from the Tavis Smiley Show	p. 295
Chronology	p. 298
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. 303
Notes	p. 306
Index	p. 311
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