Worthy Fights
A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
By Leon Panetta and Jim Newton
Read by Leon Panetta
Category: Biography & Memoir | Domestic Politics | 21st Century U.S. History
Category: Biography & Memoir | Domestic Politics | 21st Century U.S. History | Audiobooks
Sep 15, 2015 | ISBN 9780143127802
Oct 07, 2014 | 1173 Minutes
About Worthy Fights
The New York Times–bestselling autobiography of a legendary political and military leader
It could be said that Leon Panetta has had two of the most consequential careers of any American public servant in the past fifty years. His first career, beginning as an Army intelligence officer and including a distinguished run as one of the most powerful and respected members of Congress, lasted thirty-five years and culminated in his transformational role as budget czar and White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration. But after a brief "retirement," he returned to public service in 2009 as the CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Osama Bin Laden and then became the U.S. secretary of defense, inheriting two troubled wars in a time of austerity and painful choices. Like his career, Worthy Fights is a reflection of Panetta's values. It is also a testament to a lost kind of political leadership that favors progress and duty to country over partisanship.
Leon Panetta calls them as he sees them in Worthy Fights. Suffused with its author's decency and common sense, the book is an inspiring American success story, a great political memoir, and a revelatory view onto many of the defining figures and events of our time.
The New York Times bestselling autobiography of a legendary political and military leader.
It could be said that Leon Panetta has had two of the most consequential careers of any American public servant in the past 50 years. His first career, beginning as an Army intelligence officer and including a distinguished run as one of the most powerful and respected members of Congress, lasted 35 years and culminated in his transformational role as budget czar and White House chief of staff in the Clinton administration. But after a brief "retirement," he returned to public service in 2009 as the CIA director who led the intelligence war that killed Osama Bin Laden and then became the US secretary of defense, inheriting two troubled wars in a time of austerity and painful choices. Like his career, Worthy Fights is a reflection of Panetta's values. It is also a testament to a lost kind of political leadership that favors progress and duty to country over partisanship.
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About Leon Panetta
Leon Panetta served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011) and as secretary of defense (2011–2013). An Italian-American Democrat, he was a member… More about Leon Panetta
About Jim Newton
Jim Newton is a veteran journalist who began his career as clerk to James Reston at The New York Times. Since… More about Jim Newton
Published by Penguin Books
Sep 15, 2015 | 512 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143127802
Published by Penguin Audio
Oct 07, 2014 | 1173 Minutes | ISBN 9780698179738
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"Very readable, with the frank descriptions of personalities and events that distinguish this genre at its best." —David Ignatius, The Washington Post
"Young people searching for the role model of a public servant will find few as good as Panetta. . . . A playbook for how to behave with integrity in a city with limited virtue." —Leslie H. Gelb, The New York Times Book Review