TY - BOOK AU - Means, Howard B. TI - Colin Powell: soldier/statesman--statesman/soldier SN - 1556113358 AV - E 840.5.P68 .M462 1992 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - Donald I. Fine KW - African American generals KW - Generals KW - United States N1 - Includes index N2 - Here is the first in-depth probing into the rise of a man who is arguably, says the author, the first African American in a position of national prominence that the general public is ready to judge on merit alone. Born in Harlem, Powell has been a central player in recent foreign affairs as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Photographs. www.alibris.com ER -