Eyes on the horizon : serving on the frontlines of national security / General Richard B. Myers with Malcolm McConnell.

Pt. I: Remembrance. Sunshine and smoke : September 11, 2001 ; Family values in Kansas : discipline, integrity, hard work ; Spreading wings : college, ROTC, pilot training, marriage ; Early Air Force : Germany, fighter training, first combat mission Southeast Asia -- Pt. II: Leadership. Honing skills: from fighter weapons school instructor to major general ; Diplomacy and might : Japan Joint Command, assistant to the chairman, Space Command ; Presidential adviser : vice chairman, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the rise of al-Qaida -- Pt. III: Attack and counterattack : September 11, 2001-October 1, 2005. Defining moment : vulnerable on our own soil ; Taking the war to the enemy in Afghanistan : Operation Enduring Freedom ; A new playing field : WMD and Operation Iraqi Freedom, detainees, the Geneva Convention ; Leadership in time of war : the coalition, the growing insurgency, Abu Ghraib, reshaping the military -- Pt. IV: Our national security future. The enduring threat : violent extremism ; The most important national security challenges America will face : protecting the future of democracy.