My American Journey: An Autobiography

"The book's considerable strength lies not so much in what Powell has to say about politics or his service in Washington as in what he says about the forces that shaped his character and thinking: his parents, his early attraction to a military career, his brushes with racism in the South, his two tours of duty in Vietnam. Powell...retains a serious but not pompous tone, with frequent flashes of self-deprecating wit."Joseph E. Persico is the author of 'My American Journey: An Autobiography', published 1995 under ISBN 9780679445562 and ISBN 0679445560.