Guarding the Future: The Life of R. James Woolsey (Oklahoma Trackmaker Series) - Hardcover

Barry Epperson; Bob Burke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1938923693 ISBN 13: 9781938923692

Publisher: Oklahoma Hall of Fame, 2024

Synopsis

R. James Woolsey has spent most of his adult life seeking a more secure future for the United States and the world. As the nation's Director of Central Intelligence, arms control negotiator, and Under Secretary of the Navy, Woolsey advised four American presidents - two Republican and two Democrat. As a lawyer, he is one of the most influential voices in Washington on energy, intelligence, and security. In recent years, through thousands of media interviews, speeches, op-eds, and white papers, he has preached the cogent message that America's future national security depends upon our treatment of the environment and weaning ourselves from the chokehold of foreign oil. He is a leader in advancing freedom and democracy to other countries and in developing alternative fuels to decrease freedom-loving nations' dependence on the Middle East. He has sounded the alarm about the need to increase cyber security for American business and government and has warned of the dire consequences of an electromagnetic attack.

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About the Author

BARRY EPPERSON was born in Tulsa in 1938. He received his BA from Washington and Lee University and his JD from The University of Tulsa College of Law. During the Vietnam War he served as an intelligence officer in France and continues to be an active member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. He divides his time between his law practice in Tulsa and representation of clients in Washington, D.C., as a federal lobbyist, contributing regularly to technical publications. This is his second major biography. BOB BURKE, born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, has written more non-fiction books than anyone else in history. He is a lawyer, earning his law degree from Oklahoma City University. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma. Burke’s more than 170 books have won many awards, including four Pulitzer Prize nominations. Burke is a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame. He lives in Oklahoma City where he practices constitutional law and writes books.

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James Woolsey is a great patriot and persistently, and profesisonally thought about the national security interests of the United States over a long period of time. For that reason, tha nation owes him much. - George P. Shultz

Edition details

• Publisher: Oklahoma Hall of Fame
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1938923693
• ISBN 13: 9781938923692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 381
• Editor: Gini Moore Campbell