Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

On Board: My Life in the Navy, Government, Business
On Board: My Life in the Navy, Government, Business
On Board: My Life in the Navy, Government, Business
Ebook395 pages6 hours

On Board: My Life in the Navy, Government, Business

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Insights into significant events of the twentieth century are provided in this memoir by Paul Ignatius, a former secretary of the Navy and past president of The Washington Post who participated in many of the events described. The Great Depression of the 1930s, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and Vietnam are recalled from the author's perspectives, first as a teenager in the 1930s, then as a naval officer in the 1940s, a defense department consultant in the 1950s, and a Pentagon official for eight years in the 1960s. There are new details on Robert McNamara's managerial innovations, the growth of the Army under President Kennedy, and the enormous effort to provide construction, supplies, and ammunition for the Vietnam War. The book includes vivid personal recollections of McNamara, Clark Clifford, Cyrus Vance, General Creighton Abrams, Admiral Thomas Moorer, and many others. There are high moments when Medals of Honor are awarded, low moments when the USS Pueblo is captured by the North Koreans, and perplexing moments over whether to praise or damn Admiral Hyman Rickover. The Pentagon Papers case, the illegal strike of the air traffic controllers and efforts to deregulate the airlines, the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s, and president Carter's attempt to lessen U.S. dependence on middle-eastern oil are among the many other critical events covered in the book. Ignatius also offers intimate glimpses of his family life, including the period when his college-aged children were totally opposed to the Vietnam War, and his Armenian heritage, complete with memories of his grandfather's poems of freedom that forced him to leave his ancestral home. In a final chapter, the author looks back upon a full life and identifies the civil rights movement and efforts to gain equality for women as among those things of lasting importance.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 29, 2014
ISBN9781612515373
On Board: My Life in the Navy, Government, Business

Related to On Board

Related ebooks

Military Biographies For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for On Board

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    On Board - Paul Ignatius

    ٠Nabook_preview_excerpt.html}ےGCn2Xjآ! )$2>?L~d9Kkc6-Vqq?~GԗOr՛&_i՗⿷Ͼ|e7:mS XYC??뇯^\Ow_7p~u߯﯋7?{/w7?ww1E(.4U)Cج"X [|MU۬r~2e MYǢmjYPŞ_UCϷTC ߾]!vmuc3c d(×{]Y<j۶uq1t.4cNӿ|l)<9Ƹx]8|?ajM m(l؟:=kMGp1m65 1.%P%0^/|obi԰U&}^a~)yM5dIqp#0bchh"&V,˪풥>\7Ѧ\ݕcAfiB7px0V?^W[M‰MxyoO=pgt+[ؗ1 ş܌rIͣ|X7C(mCQqEߵlnP {I7 ?W=Hh ͘F@@МfqM\X#X~u֑ BptD]Ԋ8gm\} ҖM{b& jGӛˈ!kجh]4X I+Mcz#:l,aU¼@<0> Uc@< 4V^2sv, h&igHҝM.㮣bF<0elHfS, Yi~= 7iԫu퇱2ٷ]\Yb< aQm=6MwcW݅G؊5M:n) g6!GN IcWa8$i:6斌|-J^U+B鞖:֢Cf2!'!T vxp 4bBt֮M 'h]X9S^m9fͶmsS}%M)[YtXѼ1HP0l-iY4yCT@ʸ":&!Nad ?\Xx/gF1JK0.$F*Dgݺj09,Iv_73w  0fkk ڰ9=X2"&n̏a2QPK_ Q? [D u1-d&X]"_,&1h7t ZU ݍ1ذ`{{8ʾH yK3bcE=]yT+M1C 7<1Z{%h gl"i@o?c Z?~o;YM6̠Aі9[eK}l͈38T0`x鶇M۫X&*,(@j>Bѓc1< RQv-lК/#3hdX_gLVi4l1Yn0dכkfG7u*paxˮ*7t&Xy뱓yZ|g-lY\[2񣭳9mZjǟI9" >H"D vD_rc@ XWNb@˸ gT>1]}yW܉X10_O55 g HiEc38Dp6L9S#d ,0D: 3b'[u%HpkCyD@R?dw>P.mi öhH#A?1wyvaO>~# /BHi!q/,aݣ# \z p_@RE>vۭN_],LsڿrALLǦ2 IBvP6]j\!PjxpͰ%hv: D+ȗ-   =ԗ7A!)C ]G2LƻlL Ԯ,`]ԭb'AƣMFn:37`dt6O W|MJFLjO@#stYޔT0(ܑE%# TI,kI\W^HȼcJ&vu 'ڡZf.e :%Vb7[ߺll?}[2t[ ɾ$lnc1(tw$yGl%xmaM5ϗ1 a@%4Qr2miE9.8P+o+m֎?ǎwr7Ty7iiC Ųc,M[=:̂ۘ?+# 2PB\Bk+u7 .q֟ x~ -$T+Nu}ӧЦ ЉT7%I*2=N-I`¯EZ0k&gzU uܹژ={z-g#@730XML~&bGfp#bd 8ɞN7sX粙%ڰI:1R€9Ҹ^Pygh3`&;"=F 9vMh ) @@AnuZۆ])(Ppf0iw|b<`km8345We+3c3Rˊ6Mh=(+~Slǂ5m(]@eDa,͵)I?sRK!Ӟ}EE(z Vǫ:ׅX4#jdYieZp@b^w~\GE]8t)L1S63BKQg"Į9ZgҀ4Vϋٲ37(/H{LG]pfqϦD)GX̠%߭}sm 0#6r`eɕknX-e1eB pa /эE' LvQ|Sb˰ rGdhCZ3UeS7uBa@@bbp( v$ Pjg䀿B0C"k?[ʂ σc]je~fwsUF}k|xFwvo3y _u4>86I'HlJ@7fmv#Q`I&D2ns6VB5fRo::pd#*I0v=7.LS`'.جh,=`i2\AL Y*b[MYWlUmpv P߷}qŭ8ڛUɤcx!Zpgp%ZjɲfvQӪ^Z`H(XEGyL:YƺkS`hDiu 5wC7:bJ[R60[SxxzfD ^A" /p\x Xݚ\i0D_m-w!F8YQ3i\"IY/Iҫ؃; v{C}<}ӋCL`]*+kyf3 d6p8n*0 ƥ%"o"8!b'WfDCm|(07Tp5CRRl\zTs ĩu Co/Rƕh5,$UMh2/@Pup'ea}SUw*Ii&.;n *&yi2;q ]$G{hdm'e[.V[ueΠU|&IftX;> >} VĄU^Vɲ$4jEՐlR/BgЉ'+}0o$ X'59"x|fpI_pli@/ӄ" 4L:_eJ# uR[#rd|ՏC^9Z㐼fÂoj'_#3v#{҉S&ʍ3oUpC8q0VD{V4H]HC4ڦ*c:So:wM>`;M )eR &˴5 1+0u5xkkPٚ`mʵXVT{)B߇j@c4 >8Cd)ɵS]Y{TkԔ?^v|!u$!3~,^bOGe4u gaY|*@x}`37,]/0/%R]n+7fRUWX;=J,ypܜ[Zx1B2HUZx50^6iObS`xBnåL@`Z]"QXӪm%9:R۹3VgU̠)2 ,k;99="Nِ8+쬨cc}ͪ+D JqEe2}e*ҘtϞ<:ύn*VLkt2PbԬa`4qAC$,]zx$N% ^ JQz M[ Z)KY{O&.; u2iqp`jh݂c9bwssC^&qCW/ND͂]+QmmiI{kwXH 2[uܸ$[+ 41ԉq4|"W GImÁb Ѩ?Tx쨫X`޲3+H5˿_ 7(Ț|v;v'^;j%oMd3PWW@N=v5Pt&"<~ڸWO4}*1@/*!2[Ma'-X"BK;Zh|foT`OcزU2OCSpjH ]OS:f539X۱TS"gQ&<qqͰeN-3kq3SyՒhBtdլduM: y\:y8͚_n[m(Ŝ~_VRf ¦*x]:f8IafY[[ZPKn2LelĄthvܳEqm.8?w~~q;ֿߏ{oPS|VTu'IiH4x+JL i*#s}|VggNu۲vAPiM7+Si4ĪVFU5I !LkCM8386gR ^=kąm]pYJc{~bzD:fXQI}Yf*,1I#uh mu''ǤM`xoKfchu <6?Md2mة-Y5[gkȯIn!+pzKl^ ӰfÌ#b2p}Z+kO$oD*f,`4dxozϑJP W})_J8jUMM&#!&6x:#mwT%&XtߵچDlo{T|.|i> N{v@r >sTƣ~_TuO:]xLLFiᅩ 0o9=1I X[%Mw3/!^,O-1\7MVu 'fx܆N}lC*&vsgEg>jtx|S # |k³XNGÇbwrr_uhpݪYIJ7r0Ԯ{;D O#΄ȉ)>ڴo*oweb))$ƺz_<u{R<^ xfМ`B:rs8,rM8hg7V ʟqsR R?u(ᳮ(%o`_eQ,6~xt$ލrtD=H۽bQ <!/fUrXba+@}bRVw6LL*jܿlCWaub#*Fcp&3+@6Z~C"b] __k$޵POg2 >윀K|Vi $Mut{t9t7W#}B&1ٚ@ۭ]_Vv|I;2 WKΝk!ƤL9[PM<û"ȭl8^'LЍTQSVtJj-T 6SbBkݠvю4kㄹ'QWd<:td*i6UUJ$xB:3O^:ȐY9q-zu)v)^xg7ög0D{iBFv.fYZ'wOh3XE%0F SepIbZ(1?`KT(B E [ +Ŋ "y4WEt@@6;N,{VN< .M{Ekf]qq;R:6{UuoOM3KKY7 t!rw ĭxNOl{ "ߞϞVKbζ cy4CjW<7zbZ*;mMUZ}0^xov|BHSn:d賆_'%V:8e%gIeNJw 7R#邏ZEp#:rcǑalL[hq->l> ȕ MHc 8EV&^e~É+'B=),ȱp V=]f<ʮc1pmNa2H]! 4!G(1t%]I-ƽ,1{W0M,jE"W:pvjE ^sI[8@fىDl&T؇!,LP4]u#ӽMv?u,kgQ;O5]~ $ .cWmB B5Ht}/`P6<#FE~Xclse5|v-ˮ'c L7o"r?&En~ a5N?&UT[ e4xl ϱ,6;Ѵ섺čNU5yC[>,Ǯ-|◽R\Vݦ$r*j"5Qu}γUJI\GnM0="gO}niǐaT^2Kꆙ3>R[jԞ$}hag=(M=l|/DύEXE< &D3k%N,2^R/ / )z>J@$1WK$Hagrit3E^Q}BF2s*ǥC#vv1g؍軭7o"+8 +-91Cy7M֢Cem"( ] ]px03>KLjgŹ_3Iu6㿀cY=ԁ [kʶ[/d5$z5*{8Zy*J&?;OU۩ۿjF(}8]rkXbd2kw4~oOR2ӤxS=ƷuK$:ϻ=f3j =&Kt߂!rDKx苛kBu5BGpwV|_ >tq\Zՠ lr"Aqp myoL2x$!օU^]Zؾ4t;ؐ;Ø,8E>7[5- ޸gSm50L-$L]7cNWħ+mN[JMñK,kXme3) C+Ek`#*5Ưu0_i)iϽ<3o|mC`an[;-dJ ~~=sԤX=7I .[ԡiEeYSb_,Zt9u'_[L Xs &LJy y|RUxxֺyĿ=*b;?smsiZ`A;QZ29O+F2TVeѝLR0W[f7*LӸ=g'i`k W{A-'P:V;.dq _JJeRzI%?J*bc}~ƣo_D{[NVWoyIڶS}mW[ePJҝ#pс55'Mq/mN6pPT ECV'1flZ˥;rĈ_Zѷz/ӉguKy줩_ql?+T~'}>VW 7F";/]fNG0A;g2:Œ4T 6yv/4mLn)Tƪha.̋`E=vz[&,ikǐMsV%0xfc{#ӧ_܈ןH/"̖ܭAɳᗩ@slpvTPI\X:|Pؓec^76݉0&U$6ZEuvKzY'hvYCM {߉tmm]u;ίX%\T jEj 䟼~Ӧ[u?r<ɲY߻m"])gjCnaZ].WͶSU.7N*%iLU5gUg Al5i<_A1`rMl_m<"?evv0vwְsr^c{KFzFԧ󶙿N\zo*L<|c '[*ð}Ay? ՒZw[^̲ 6UȕoLT!:3,pVj!g ؇T4뢛*d׬0 K!:<]GNtf$u^v>xd΢~>536Zꆾ%sMLwػ[W /̳_%O&>e2mCYTϽF853Ռ%F,.Trq[\gEb}'.\taW1tqX}䰎'ؑΊ ٧eͺ +bMok2ۀo/AvNԪw南oҡz\:5CVrCn3P<gҎZ+",~C'纮6qvBGB7/r|C'"&6HQl.L\T9 ioK+-xFav7kv!y01)SN|Zzb}g0V\rf*3~'@%A-|f4c p:lIJBt%BmptM9[əFVoɖn,X{,MJ>-ʣ {>W}Rvϟ喔:tsYf/IatP{_}R?eg_$tq<4ឬx
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1