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Worthy Fights by Leon Panetta
The New York Times-bestselling autobiography of a legendary political and military leaderIt could be said that Leon Panetta has had two ofthe most consequential careers of any Americanpublic servant in the past fifty years. His first career, beginning as an Army intelligence officer and including a distinguished run as one of the most powerful and respected members of Congress, lasted thirty-five years and culminated in his transformational role as budget czar and White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration. But after a brief "retirement," he returned to public service in 2009 as the CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Osama Bin Laden and then became the U.S. secretary of defense, inheriting two troubled wars in a time of austerity and painful choices. Like his career, Worthy Fights is a reflectionof Panetta's values. It is also a testament to a lost kind of political leadership that favors progress and duty to country over partisanship.
Leon Panetta calls them as he sees them in Worthy Fights. Suffused with its author's decencyand common sense, the book is an inspiring American success story, a great political memoir,and a revelatory view onto many of the defining figures and events of our time.
The Los Angeles Times' editor at large is Jim Newton. He was a part of the Los Angeles Times' coverage of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles and the 1994 earthquake, both of which earned the staff Pulitzer Awards. Newton is also the author of two successful biographies, Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Country He Built and Eisenhower: The White House Years, as well as collaborating with Leon Panetta on his New York Times bestseller autobiography Worthy Fights.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143127802 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143127802 |
| Title | Worthy Fights |
| Author | Leon Panetta |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2015-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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