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In this final letter to the country he loved, the late Ambassador David Abshire warns his fellow citizens that America has lost its sense of strategic direction and common purpose. Drawing on the lessons of history and his own extraordinary life, Abshire tells us how to reclaim what truly made America great.
作者簡介
David M. Abshire co-founded the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC with Admiral Arleigh Burke in 1962, and served as its chief executive for many years. He was the President and CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) in Washington, DC. He also chaired the Richard Lounsbery Foundation of New York, which gives grants in the fields of science and education.
Dr. Abshire was a 1951 graduate of West Point, where in 1996 he received the Distinguished Graduate Award. He later received his doctorate with Honors (Gold Key Society) in History from Georgetown University.
Dr. Abshire served as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from 1970-1973. He was a member of the Murphy Commission on the Organization of the Government, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and the President's Task Force on U.S. Government International Broadcasting. From 1983-1987, he was Ambassador to NATO. He was given the highest Defense Department civilian award-its Distinguished Public Service Medal.
In December 1986, he became Special Counselor to the President at the depths of the Iran-Contra crisis to restore confidence in the Reagan Presidency. He was subsequently awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal.
Dr. Abshire was the author of seven books: The South Rejects a Prophet, 1967; International Broadcasting: A New Dimension of Western Diplomacy, 1976; Foreign Policy Makers: President vs. Congress, 1979; Preventing World War III: A Realistic Grand Strategy, 1988; Putting America’s House in Order: The Nation as a Family, with Brock Brower, 1996; Saving the Reagan Presidency: Trust Is the Coin of the Realm, 2005; and A Call to Greatness: Challenging Our Next President, 2008.
