| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
"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 note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Abshire, David M., author. Statesman Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 9781538109212 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018027736 |
| ISBN | 9781538109229 (Electronic) |
