![]() That is by letters written with their quills. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.ĭedicated to Suzie, who made this journey possible, and all those members of the Armed Forces and their families with whom we had the extraordinary privilege to serve.įeathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven. ![]() Visit our website at 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or and Skyhorse Publishing® are registered trademarks of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.®, a Delaware corporation. Special editions can also be created to specifications. Skyhorse Publishing books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. All inquiries should be addressed to Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. Read moreĬover Page of Journey Half Title of Journey Title Page of JourneyĬopyright © 2018 by General Norty SchwartzĪll rights reserved. It was a sales pitch for current Air Force systems and programs which will wane over time and detracts from the book's purpose-a leadership read. I thought that the second to last chapter was distracting. That demonstrated for me - charisma and trust can overcome mistakes-but, from the book, he certainly made a lot of faux pas'. Memorable people? Lessons? On the positive side, throughout the book, he named people who have been impactful in his career as well as mistakes he made and the lessons learned from them. For example, the description of his time at USTRANSCOM was superficial-part of it dealt with finding Scott AFB in the corn fields, a typical Washington DC view part of it dealt with relationships with the POTUS and the rest was a summary of the mission statement and volume statistics. The memoirs treated every section of his professional life at a very high level, even his time as CSAF. Throughout, he deals with persons who have shown the way or demonstrated something that he learned, including Suzie, his wife. The book kept my interest because I worked for the guy. He is a staunch advocate for it and this book will explain why. ![]() Many believe General Schwartz’s greatest legacy will be the dramatic acceleration of the “drone” program. The General discusses the controversial new technologies that have been allowing America to build new capabilities in remote aircraft and cyber warfare. He chronicles the phenomenal story of the evolution of the US special operations, such as what was achieved when taking down Bin Laden. ![]() It’s about pushing limits in an era of diminishing budgets and fewer resources to fuel the furnace of innovation. It is packed with the General’s lessons from life in the military: breaking the mold, flying uncharted airspace, battles?from Iraq to the Pentagon, Afghanistan to Congress. 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. The General’s dysfunctional 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 he had never earned from his own father. An uncensored account of General Schwartz's term as the wartime US Air Force Chief of Staff under presidents Bush and Obama. ![]()
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