A Soldier's Way - An Autobiography

Colin Powell was the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school and then joined the army. The rest is history - but a history that, until now, has been known only on the surface. Here, Powell tells us how it happened in a memoir that is distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, good humour, and a soldier's directness. He writes of his anxieties and difficulties as wel as the triumphes that marked his rise to four-start General, National Security Advisor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and mastermind of `Desert Storm'...