Eyes on the Horizon Serving on the Front Lines of National Security

by Myers, Richard; McConnell, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9781416560135
• ISBN10: 1416560130
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-11
• Publisher: Threshold Editions

Summary

Myers, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reveals a plan for overhauling our National Security System so that we will be better protected.

Author Biography

General Richard B. Myers retired as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after more than forty years as a United States Air Force officer. He is the Foundation Professor of Military History at Kansas State University and holds the Colin Powell Chair of Leadership, Ethics, and Character at National Defense University. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area with his wife, Mary Jo. Malcolm McConnell is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller American Soldier with Tommy Franks and My Year in Iraq with L. Paul Bremer III.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Remembrance
Sunshine and Smoke: September 11, 2001	p. 7
Family Values in Kansas: Discipline, Integrity, Hard Work	p. 12
Spreading Wings: College, ROTC, Pilot Training, Marriage	p. 18
Early Air Force: Germany, Fighter Training, First Combat Mission Southeast Asia	p. 29
Leadership
Honing Skills: From Fighter Weapons School Instructor to Major General	p. 57
Diplomacy and Might: Japan Joint Command, Assistant to the Chairman, Space Command	p. 85
Presidential Adviser: Vice Chairman, Then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Rise of al-Qaida	p. 116
Attack and Counterattack: September 11, 2001-October 1, 2005
Defining Moment: Vulnerable on Our Own Soil	p. 151
Taking the War to the Enemy in Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Freedom	p. 163
A New Playing Field: WMD and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Detainees, the Geneva Convention	p. 197
Leadership in Time of War: The Coalition, the Growing Insurgency, Abu Ghraib, Reshaping the Militaryv
Our National Security Future
The Enduring Threat: Violent Extremism	p. 279
The Most Important National Security Challenges America Will Face: Protecting the Future of Democracy	p. 299
Index	p. 317
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