Paula Broadwell

Paula Broadwell has more than a decade of military service and nearly two decades of work in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. She is a PhD candidate at the University of London, received an MPA degree from Harvard, and graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy. Broadwell will ... (more)discuss and sign her new book All In: The Education of General David Petraeus ($29.95 Penguin). General David Petraeus is the most transformative leader the American military has seen since the generation of Marshall. In her book, Broadwell examines Petraeus’s career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the U.S. military.

In addition to presenting a portrait of the strategic challenges of modern warfare from Petraeus's perspective and providing unique biographical snapshots of his development, All In chronicles the outcome in Afghanistan of counterinsurgency strategies through the operational commands of several Petraeus ... (more)protégés, with special emphasis on those who, like Petraeus, served with the 101st Airborne Division. All In also documents the general's role in the war in Washington, going behind the scenes for exclusive insights of negotiations during policy reviews of Afghanistan in Congress, the Pentagon, and the White House. Broadwell ultimately appraises Petraeus's impact on the entire U.S. military, including his role in galvanizing institutional adaptation. As America surveys a decade of untraditional warfare, All In shows that this much is clear: the career of General David Petraeus profoundly shaped our military and left an indelible mark on the next generation's leaders.