02337nam 2200421 450 991081037880332120180610080508.01-5381-0922-0(CKB)4340000000257718(MiAaPQ)EBC5303027(EXLCZ)99434000000025771820180405h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe statesman reflections on a life guided by civility, strategic leadership, and the lessons of history /Ambassador David Abshire ; edited by James Kitfield ; foreword by Evan ThomasLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2018.©20181 online resource (196 pages)Includes index.1-5381-0921-2 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."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.United StatesHistory20th centuryBiographyAutobiographies.lcgft920.073Abshire Ambassador David1628253Kitfield JamesThomas EvanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810378803321The statesman3965269UNINA