SOLDIER

　　The first full biography of Colin Powell, from his Bronxchildhood to his military career to his controversial tenure assecretary of state, with a new afterword detailing his life afterthe Bush White House.　　Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, ColinPowell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and oneof the most trusted political figures in America. In Soldier, theaward-winning Washington Post editor Karen DeYoung takes us fromPowell’s humble roots as the son of Jamaican immigrants to hismeteoric rise through the military ranks during the Cold War andDesert Storm to his agonizing deliberations over whether to run forpresident. Culminating in his stint as Secretary of State in theBush Administration and his role in making the case for war withIraq, this is a sympathetic but objective portrait of a great butfallible man.