"Born and raised in the humble environs of the Bronx, Colin Powell has learned to operate with skill and ease in the world's most exclusive, exacting corridors of power." "Comfortable and confident in today's bareknuckles geopolitical arena, the self-effacing Powell has always been willing to deflect credit if it meant achieving his stated goals." "But make no mistake. Colin Powell is and alway…
Abridged ed. of the author's The histories of Polybius originally published in 2 v. in 1889. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 519-520
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