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All in avoids the pitfall of hagiography, giving voice to critics and dissenters, some of whom claim that petraeus career has been more selfserving than selfless, that the iraq surge was not the decisive turning point his advocates claim it was, and that he has been too invested in counterinsurgency to be objective about its record in. Prior to his assuming the directorship of th e cia, petra eus served 37 years in the united states army. The book s actual title, cowritten with washington post editor vernon loeb, is all in. And then there was the in hindsight unfortunate title of ms. In this book, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeuss career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. It is all the better for not being for the other genre is in full swell. Paula broadwell, david petraeus and the afterlife of a. Pictured, petraeus awards purple hearts to a wounded soldiers at the 28th combat support hospital in. Paula broadwell cecily strong reads from all in, her book thats supposed to be about the education of general david petraeus, but turns out to be a detailed account of all their sexual encounters. Reviewed by mike glenn retired general david petraeus was arguably the most influential. You read some about his time at west point, leavenworth, princeton, but primarily this book is a recount of his time in afghanistan. In the new york times bestseller all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeuss career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. Afforded extensive access by general petraeus, his mentors, his.

Jill kelley im not writing a tell all book about general david petraeus jill kelley im not writing tell all about gen. In all in, military expert paul broadwell examines petraeus s career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. The education of general david petraeus kindle edition. Before i lay out the petraeus counternarrative a narrative intentionally ignored by most of the pentagon press and national security reporters, for reasons ill soon explain let me say this about the man once known as king david, general betrayus, or p4, by his admirers, his enemies, and his fellow service members, respectively. He served as director of the central intelligence agency from september 6, 2011, until his resignation on november 9, 2012. The book does regularly veer into a hagiographic profile of petraeus and is, on despite the dalliance between the author and petraeus, this remains an instructive and well researched book on the theory and practice of petraeus counterinsurgency theory also known as coin as applied in afghanistan and iraq. David petraeus pleads guilty for passing classified black books to. Afforded extensive access by general petraeus, his mentors. The insurgents, about david petraeus, by fred kaplan. However, the book fails to bring these two ideas together.

Paula broadwell, david petraeus and the afterlife of a scandal the. Nonetheless, the book does describe the counterinsurgency guidance issued by general petraeus to all isaf forces in afghanistan soon after his arrival. The insurgents, by fred kaplan, is a readable, thoroughly reported account of how gen. Broadwell as the twentyfour commandments accompanying king david s bible i. The education of david petraeus by paula broadwell, with vernon loeb. Petraeus had chosen broadwell to be his official biographer. He admitted sharing classified information with his. Retired general david petraeus is on the short list for secretary of state. The education of general david petraeus is the biography of david petraeus, written by paula broadwell and vernon loeb. General david petraeuss leadership and legacy us news. David petraeus, in the context of his iraq and afghanistan war commands after 911. In the new york timesbestseller all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeus s career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. She served in the us army on active and reserve duty for over 20 years, to include time in military school undergraduate, with experience in over 70 countries. Paula broadwell the daily show with jon stewart video.

Paula broadwell and vernon loeb talk about david petraeus military career and his impact on the wars in iraq and afghanistan. The education of general david petraeus by paula broadwell and vernon loeb. Central command, engaged in an open dialogue at vanderbilt university march 1, 2010, about his actions as commander of the surge in iraq and the role of u. Paula broadwell discusses her time spent with general david petraeus in wartorn afghanistan while researching her book all in. The subtitle of this book is the education of general david petraeus. Petraeus s most popular book is counterinsurgency warfare. Petraeus has 14 books on goodreads with 1999 ratings. David petraeus was having an affair is paula broadwell, the author of a recent hagiographic book about him, all in. In the new york times bestseller all in, military expert paula broadwell examines petraeus s career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the cia, petraeus served 37 years in the united states army.

Petraeus gave the authors access to him and his team for the book. General david petraeus is the most transformative leader the american military has seen since the generation of marshall. Paula broadwell, david petraeus and the afterlife of a scandal. General david petraeus, former director of the cia and chairman of the kkr global institute duration. As commander isaf, gen petraeus did apply much of what he learned over his years of study and experience in the army. Before being named managing editor at the houston chronicle loeb was metro editor at the washington post he is coauthor of the books kings counsel. The education of general david petraeus with paula broadwell, and good. A new tell all book from a florida woman enmeshed in the investigations that eventually brought down cia director and retired army general david petraeus lays. Collateral damage, is the book by jill kelley, who was caught up in the david petraeus scandal. Paula broadwell seeks to move on after affair with david.