Generally Speaking: A Memoir by the First Woman Promoted to Three-Star General in the United States Army - Hardcover

McConnell, Malcolm; Kennedy, Claudia J.

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ISBN 10: 0446527939 ISBN 13: 9780446527934

Verlag: Warner Books, 2001

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Claudia J. Kennedy retired as the Armys first female three-star general and the highest-ranking woman ever in that branch, overseeing 45,000 soldiers worldwide. As she recounts her experiences in a male-dominated profession, beginning as a young Womens Army Corps officer in 1969, moving through her Pentagon service as a three-star general, and ending with her retirement in 2000, General Kennedy charts the struggles and triumphs in her inspiring life and career.

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In 1997, Claudia J. Kennedy became the Army's highest-ranking woman ever as a three-star general. She lives in Virginia.

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Beginning in a Women's Army Corps still largely restricted to clerical duties, Kennedy finished three-plus decades in the army as a senior intelligence officer during a period when military intelligence was no longer an oxymoron, but a critical element of national security. Her memoir says the expected from a successful senior officer. It stresses the importance to a soldier of physical, mental and spiritual fitness. It offers a few generalizations about the future of the army and the world, making familiar points about the increasing likelihood of asymmetric violence by substate actors. Readers, however, are unlikely to seek out this book for its perspectives on national security. Kennedy was known within the army as a determined advocate for women soldiers. She gained national recognition for successfully blocking the promotion of another general, on the grounds of his having sexually harassed her. More significant, however, is Kennedy's principled commitment to creating a more domesticated army, a female-friendly force whose male soldiers wish neither to drink to excess, to use bad language, nor to consider women as sexual objects. The possibilities of this kind of civilized force are more important than whether a particular general engaged in inappropriate touching. They should be the focus whenever Generally Speaking is discussed. PW's readers are advised not to hold their breaths waiting for that to happen. (Sept. 20)Forecast: This book has been under "semi-embargo" in anticipation of a Barbara Walters appearance on Sept. 19. That interview will be followed by Good Morning America on pub day, while a subsequent author tour takes in New York, Washington, D.C., and various military base areas, as well as a 25-city radio satellite tour. Look for a huge spike in sales, followed by a relatively quick drop.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Warner Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0446527939
• ISBN 13: 9780446527934
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
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