From Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security - Murtha, John P.; Plashal, John
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In 1974, John P. "Jack" Murtha became the first Vietnam combat veteran elected to Congress. In the nearly three decades since then, Congressman Murtha has been intimately involved with governmental decisions about America's national security and foreign policy, adding his unique perspective to international affairs while faithfully representing Pennsylvania's twelfth district. From Vietnam to 9/11 combines personal memoir with thoughtful analysis to provide a behind-the-scenes account of the formation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy in the last quarter-century. At the same time, it tells…mehr

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In 1974, John P. "Jack" Murtha became the first Vietnam combat veteran elected to Congress. In the nearly three decades since then, Congressman Murtha has been intimately involved with governmental decisions about America's national security and foreign policy, adding his unique perspective to international affairs while faithfully representing Pennsylvania's twelfth district. From Vietnam to 9/11 combines personal memoir with thoughtful analysis to provide a behind-the-scenes account of the formation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy in the last quarter-century. At the same time, it tells the story of a man committed to service and community. In addition to being the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Jack Murtha has served the President and Congress overseas as chairman of U.S. delegations monitoring elections in the Philippines, Panama, El Salvador, and Bosnia. He has also conducted on-site inspections at numerous crisis spots around the world at the request of the President and the Speaker of the House. This combination of playing a pivotal role in defense appropriations, participating in hearings on foreign policy, and carrying out important missions overseas has given Congressman Murtha a singular outlook on issues involving national security. In almost every foreign policy crisis in the last two decades, his counsel and recommendations to the President and to Congress have proved both sound and prudent. Avoiding dry, detached analysis, From Vietnam to 9/11 presents the revealing story of an insider's involvement with international affairs and the lessons he learned from those experiences. Jack Murtha offers refreshingly candid observationsof the most important international crises in recent history. From Vietnam and Lebanon to Bosnia and Afghanistan, this book details America's failures as well as its successes, pointing out where policymaking was misguided or ill-informed and offering perceptive analyses of
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John P. Murtha graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in economics and did graduate work in economics and political science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In 1966, Jack Murtha volunteered to serve in Vietnam, where he was twice wounded; he received the Bronze Star with Combat "V," two Purple Hearts, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He was elected to Congress in 1974, where he still serves today. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserves in 1990.