Vernon loeb general david petraeus is the most transformative leader the american military has seen since the generation of marshall. Ive known david petraeus since he was a colonel and written two books in which he appeared, but i still learned a lot about him from this book. In the new york times bestseller all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeus s career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. The education of general david petraeus by paula broadwell. All in the education of general david petraeus paula broadwell on. The emails, widely reported as appearing in kelleys book, portray kelley sharing pet names and communicating closely with petraeus and allen. The subtitle of this book is the education of general david petraeus. As far as infidelity scandals go, this one had everything. General david petraeus is the most transformative leader the american military has seen. The education of general david petraeus is the biography of david petraeus, written by paula broadwell and vernon loeb.
The book does regularly veer into a hagiographic profile of petraeus and is, on broadwell took her phd thesis and expanded it to give multiple accounts of the coin operations at work, describing multiple bloody battles and the soldiers killed and maimed in the process. It is as if petraeus could instantly visualize how. David petraeus and the plot to change the american way of war, journalist and author fred kaplan tackles the career of david h. He later was director of the central intelligence agency 201112. In the new york times bestseller all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeuss career, his intellectual. The education of general david petraeus, in which she recounts david petraeus military career and his impact on the wars in iraq. The education of general david petraeus, paula broadwell and vernon loeb explore the generals approach in afghanistan. Finalist for the 20 guggenheimlehrman prize in military history surge is an insiders view of the most decisive phase of the iraq war. Although broadwell rarely demonstrates overt political stances in the book, she appears to more or less approve of the invasions of iraq and afghanistan as a counterterrorist strategy.
This book, the newest addition to a growing literature devoted to general david petraeus life, character, and contributions to american military strategy, can, if read in a broader political context, provide some insight into whether or not that would be a good idea. In all in, military expert paul broadwell examines petraeuss career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. All in opens with petraeus sitting deep in thought on the way to the white house, where. Afforded extensive access by general petraeus, his mentors, his subordinates, and his. A fascinating combination of grand strategy and personal vignettes max boot, the wall street journal. Petraeus did it, in part, by bypassing the chain of command as the iraq commander, speaking directly to thenpresident george w. Kelley, the florida woman caught up in the petraeus soap opera, selfpublished a book in which she printed dozens of her email. The insurgents, about david petraeus, by fred kaplan. A new tellall book from a florida woman enmeshed in the investigations that eventually brought down cia director and retired army general david petraeus lays bare dozens of the emails that the. In the new york times bestseller all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeuss career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. Pictured, petraeus awards purple hearts to a wounded. Paula broadwell, david petraeus, their spouses and families, and the american public would all have been better off if broadwell had not gone all in and, instead, stuck to writing a ph. In all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeuss career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. In this book, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeuss career, his.
Petraeuss life story with an insiders look at the generals year in command in afghanistan, where he had granted ms. Though petraeus comes across as a consistently allin warrior, broadwell occasionally includes material that reveals his flaws. Jill kelley talks david petraeus scandal in new book. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the cia, petraeus served 37 years in the united states army. While her book is long on detail, it is short on unexpected insights or unvarnished opinions.
The education of general david petraeus, military analyst paula broadwell offers a fascinating account of the final assignment of petraeus almost 40year military career. Paula broadwell, david petraeus and the afterlife of a scandal the. Petraeuss most popular book is counterinsurgency warfare. After exploring the dynamics of the war during its first three years, the book takes the reader on a journey to fort. All in avoids the pitfall of hagiography, giving voice to critics and dissenters, some of whom claim that petraeus career has been more selfserving than selfless, that the iraq surge was not the decisive turning point his advocates claim it was, and that he has been too invested in counterinsurgency to be objective about its record in. David petraeus was having an affair is paula broadwell, the author of a recent hagiographic book about him, all in. In the new york times bestseller all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeuss career, his intellectual development as a. Petraeus has 14 books on goodreads with 2014 ratings.
You dont have to read far into the book to see what boot means. How david petraeus avoided felony charges and possible. All infeels at times like we are sitting at his side in afghanistan. David petraeus biography, education, accomplishments. The education of general david petraeus kindle edition. The book describes how blasts from the new york post led to the insertion of words like sometimes, some and most into mr. Unlike many stories about powerful washington figures having secret affairs, the downfall of spy chief david petraeus goes deeper than sex. Paula broadwell, david petraeus and the afterlife of a.
Petraeus mistress got black books full of code words, spy. Former army officer paula broadwell talks about her book, all in. General david petraeus is the most transformative leader the american military has seen since the generation of marshall. He served as director of the central intelligence agency from september 6, 2011, until his resignation on november 9, 2012. This book helps us understand how petraeus has become the living legend. The education of general david petraeus compact disc.
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