Afghan War, Iraq War, Memoirs, Asia, United States 

The Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command from July 2000 through July 2003, [the author] made history by leading America and Coalition forces to victory in Afghanistan and Iraq - the decisive battles that launched the war on terrorism. In this ... memoir, [the author] retraces his journey from a small-town boyhood in Oklahoma and Midland, Texas, through a lifetime of military service - including his heroic tour as an Artillery officer in Vietnam, where he was wounded three times. A reform-minded Cold War commander and a shrewd tactician during Operation Desert Storm, [he] took command of CENTCOM at the dawn of what he calls a "crease in history"--Becoming the senior American military officer in the most dangerous region on earth ... Drawing on his own recollections and military records declassified for this book, [the author] offers [an] insider's account of the war on terrorism that has changed the world since September 11, 2001.-Dust jacket