Becton : autobiography of a soldier and public servant /
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| Author / Creator: | Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley), 1926- |
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| Imprint: | Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2008. |
| Description: | xvi, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7182088 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. Growing up on the Main Line
- Chapter 2. My Call to Service
- Chapter 3. Active Duty Again
- Chapter 4. Back to the Pacific
- Chapter 5. Peacetime Duty
- Chapter 6. Higher Education
- Chapter 7. The Washington Rat Race
- Chapter 8. Command in Combat
- Chapter 9. The Home Front
- Chapter 10. Life as a General Officer
- Chapter 11. Change of Command
- Chapter 12. The Honest Broker
- Chapter 13. Jayhawkland
- Chapter 14. The Final Salute
- Chapter 15. The Politics of Disaster
- Chapter 16. Taking Charge of FEMA
- Chapter 17. Prairie View
- Chapter 18. An Improbable Journey
- Chapter 19. My Toughest Challenge
- Chapter 20. Retirement at Last
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- 1. Executive Order 9981, 26 July 1948
- 2. Selection Rates for Black Officers to Brigadier General (ACC)
- 3. Cold Reason
- 4. Testimony before Homeland Security Subcommittee Staff, 5 May 2003: Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr., USA (Ret.)
- 5. Don Graham's Letter
- 6. American Battle Monuments Commission Medal for Distinguished Service Award
- 7. Veterans History Project Commentary from the Tavis Smiley Show
- Chronology
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
