European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kim is by Herbert Mitgang the new York time Colin Powell Soldier statesman statesman Soldier by Howard Means Donald i. Fine. For the first time in two warring centuries a Black four Star general is leading the . Armed forces. A poster from the film glory about the Black Massachusetts regiment whose bravery in Union Blue is largely overlooked in the history books hangs in the anteroom of Gen. Colin Powell a Pentagon office. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff displays similar mementos of the role played by Blacks in other . Wars. To older veterans who remember the prejudice in Southern training Camps and even on segregated battlefields the Powell phenomenon is remarkable. In Colin Powell Soldier statesman statesman Soldier an admiring yet factual biography that fills in Many of the Blanks about the general a personal life and military career Howard Means a senior editor at washingtonian Magazine emphasizes the fact that All Black people now have a role Model. The son of jamaican immigrants born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx the Young Colin Luther Powell had the will to play it straight work hard and get along in the streets at City College of new York and in uniform. In the profession of arms a Powell says its the Only profession he knows and prefers a he always knew where he was heading higher and higher. Means offers revealing sidelights about Powell a character and style. His famous two sentence explanation about How to defeat the iraqis in the persian Gulf War a a your strategy for going after this army is very very simple. First we Are going to Cut it off and then we Are going to kill  a was not an off the cuff remark. Although the lines were delivered extemporaneously Powell admits that he tested them out for effect in Advance. Powell comes across As a Diplomat a Well trained combat officer with Well honed political savvy. Did he dispute his superiors about imposing sanctions against Iraq instead of going to War did he want to end the War later than sooner unqualified answers done to appear Here Powell is too discreet and Loyal to criticize openly. But Means Book makes Clear that publicly Powell is determined a not to make forgetting his race  liberators fighting on two fronts in world War ii by Lou Potter William Miles and Nina Rosenblum Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. The High Point of liberators comes near the end of world War ii when an All Black unit the 761st tank in known As the Black panthers helps liberate German concentration Camps. A jewish survivor recalls How the tankers broke through the Gates at Buchenwald and quickly ended the resistance of the is guards a i was seeing Black soldiers for the first time in my life crying like babies carrying the dead and the starved and trying to help everybody. That a the Way it  Lou Potter William Miles and Nina Rosenblum the authors of this amply illustrated but inadequately captioned Book have created a documentary in print. The Book delves into the discrimination in civilian and military life before and during world warn the deep South and in Europe. The a a coloured signs in Public places and the Back of the bus pictures still Shock but they also show How far the United states has progressed in civil rights. The subtitle fighting on two fronts in world War ii aptly sums up the books theme Black soldiers faced discrimination at Home and in the service. The evidence cited in liberators states that Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Gen. George Patton Only reluctantly allowed Black soldiers to fight in combat instead of holding support jobs. Once in action the 761st tank in and other Seg Colin Powell from the Bronx to military Boss. Related units including the All Black fighter squadrons in Italy proved their military prowess. Eleanor Roosevelt was the greatest advocate of equal rights for Blacks in uniform. The Black Panther battalion was finally recognized in 1978 with a distinguished unit citation from president Carter. Women in the military an unfinished revolution by retired air Force maj. Gen. Jeanne Holm Presidio press. This is one Book dealing with matters that Are now the focus of military debate. Holmes revised Book adds new material about the role of women in the Grenada Panama and persian Gulf campaigns. The author traces the Advance of women from typewriter soldiers to helicopter pilots. With supporting documents and Case histories. Holm makes a persuasive Case for the right of women to serve in combat roles and be judged by the same Job related standards As men. Women in the military is classic work in its  bound a May american fights for the right to serve his country by Joseph Steffan Villard books. This is another Book targeting a hot military topic. The author was a midshipman who was forced to resign Over his homosexuality from the naval Academy at Annapolis md., just before his graduation and is now a Law student at the University of Connecticut. In Honor bound Steffan describes his tenure at Annapolis where he was near the top of his class. What makes the Book particularly readable is his account of discovering his homosexuality. After being dismissed from the Navy he filed a lawsuit to gain reinstatement. During Legal proceedings suppressed military studies were found stating that homosexuals were not Security risks. Steffan is appealing his Case and vows to continue to the highest courts. New York times list hardback fiction 1 Delores Claiborne by Stephen King Iasi week 1, weeks on Lisl 2 2 lied blend no by Danielle steel last week 2. Weeks on list 4 3 the tata of the body thief by Anne Rice Iasi week 3. Weeks on list 8 4 Mexico by James a. Michener Iasi week 4 weeks on Lisl 6 5 the general s daughter by Nelson Mcmille Iasi week 5. Weeks on Lisl 4 i the Pelican Brief by John Grisham Iasi week 10 weeks on Lisl 40 7 the Start Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon Iasi week 6. Weeks on list 9 s mostly harmless by Douglas Adams last week. 7 weeks on list 7 9 Graf let 4 Sabine by Nick ban lock last week. 12 weeks on Lisl 15 10 Sabines notebook by Nick Wantock Iasi week 8. Weeks on list 9 11 Gerald s game by Stephen King Iasi week 14. Weeks on Lisl 22 12 the Bridges of Madison county by Robert James Waller Iasi week 9. 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Iasi week 5 weeks on Lisl 12 5 creating love by John Bradshaw first week on Lisl paperback fiction 1 hideaway by Dean Koontz weeks on list 6 2 a River rues through n by Norman Maclean pocket weeks on list 7 3 Angel by Johanna Lindsey weeks on Lisl 3 4 the Rne by John Grisham weeks on Lisl 46 b the poom Odoy Casa Procy by Sidney Sheldon weeks on list 4 i a thee team by John Grisham weeks on list 35 7 the waste Leede by Stephan King first week on list b Midnight whispers by . Andrews weeks on Lisl 8 9 Dracula by Bram Stoker weeks on list 2 10 a River rum through n by Norman Maclean University of Chicago weeks on Lisl 6 11 All on Zeyra Elpern by Anne Mccaffrey weeks on list 3 12 a thousand acres by Jane Smiley weeks on list 12 13 Roc Hess by Amanda Quick weeks on Lisl 4 14 Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley weeks on list. 10 15 such devoted Sisters by Eileen Goudge first week on Lisl nonfiction 1 the autobiography of Malcolm x with the assistance of Alex Haley weeks on list 7 2 the Road less Travalee by m. Scott Peck weeks on Lisl 475 3 Diana her True Story by Andrew Morion weeks on Lisl 3 4 backlash by Susan Faludi weeks on list 9 5 Molly Ivins can to say that can sho7 by Molly Ivins weeks on Lisl 6 s when you look lie your passport photo it s Tima to go Home by Erma Bombeck weeks on list 6 7 United we stand by Ross Perot weeks on list 15 8 you just Don t understand by Deborah Tannen weeks on list 82 9 putting people first by Bill Clinton and Al Gore weeks on list 10 10 sax Art and american culture by Camille Paglia weeks on list 7 miscellaneous 1 the  Calvin and Hobbes by Bill  weeks on list 12 2 life s Little instruction Book by h. Jackson Brown i weeks on Hsi 70 3 cows of our Plant by Gary Larson weeks on list 5 4 the seven habits of highly exec tvs people by  r Corey weeks on Lisl 99 5 the world almanac end Book of feels 1993 edited by Mani 5 Hodman list week on list most books listed Are available or on order at bookstores stars and stripes december 13. 1992 Sunda y a Page 25