Journey; Memoirs of an Air Force Chief of Staff
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxii, 370 pages. Foreword by Leon Panetta. Illustrations (some in color). Glossary. Index. Signed with sentiment on half-title page. Norton Allan Schwartz (born December 14, 1951) is a retired United States Air Force General who served as the 19th Chief of Staff of the Air Force from August 12, 2008 until his retirement in 2012. As Chief of Staff, he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipping of nearly 700,000 active-duty Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Schwartz functioned as a military adviser to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President. He previously served as Commander, United States Transportation Command from September 2005 to August 2008. The General’s home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy over forty years ago, where he was provided with a new family and sense of worth. This purpose has driven the General throughout his remarkable career, taking him to Alaska, the Pentagon, and Germany; to Florida during Hurricane Opal, and has also allowed him to work alongside Presidents Bush and Obama and Secretaries of Defense Don Rumsfeld, Bob Gates and Leon Panetta. Journey is a book about leadership. It is packed with the General’s lessons from life in the military:, breaking the mold and flying uncharted airspace. It’s about pushing limits to fuel the furnace of innovation. He chronicles the phenomenal story of the evolution of the US special operations. The General discusses the controversial new technologies that have been allowing America to build new capabilities in remote aircraft and cyber warfare. Many believe General Schwartz’s greatest legacy will be the dramatic acceleration of the “drone” program. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: USAF, United States Air Force, Chief of Staff, Mike Donley, Special Operation, Robert Gates, Stanley McCrystal, Peter Pace, Donald Rumsfeld
ISBN: 9781510710337
[Book #78107]
Price: $75.00