Cohen, Roger; Gatti, Claudio (1991), In the Eye of the Storm: The Life of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN 978-0-374-52826-3

In 2002, he was involved with an educational video game about asthma, Quest for the Code, which he launched with Steven Spielberg through the Starbright Foundation. He also voiced a character in the game. [131] Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. KCB ( / ˈ ʃ w ɔːr t s k ɒ f/, German: [ˈʃvartskɔp͡f]; August 22, 1934– December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq. Terry’s district council have awarded Terry an “oscar” as one of their top citizens and Sunderland University have awarded Terry an Honorary Doctorate in Education (HonDEd) which was awarded in July 2000. Norman couldn’t have been sure then, because CTE can only be fully diagnosed postmortem. And David can’t be sure now, because the test needs to be done within 72 hours of death. He tried to arrange to have Norman’s body sent to Boston University for study at its specialist CTE Center, but Tokyo is a long way from Boston, and there were too many bureaucratic hurdles in the way. He wonders if that was deliberate too.In November 1988, Schwarzkopf was named commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), succeeding General George B. Crist. Schwarzkopf was selected over a more popular choice, Vice Admiral Henry C. Mustin because commanders considered him an accomplished strategic thinker who had experience both in combat and with diplomacy and had great knowledge of the Middle East from his childhood experiences there. He assumed command of CENTCOM, with his headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, and was promoted to general. [77] At the time of this appointment, CENTCOM had overall responsibility for U.S. military operations in 19 countries, and had 200,000 service members on call should a crisis arise. [78] Schwarzkopf immediately took to changing the focus of the command, which had focused on the "Zagros Doctrine," a hypothetical ground invasion by the Soviet Union through the Zagros Mountains, which the US would counter in Iran. Schwarzkopf was more concerned with the effects of the Iran–Iraq War on the stability of the region than of an external threat posed by the Soviet Union. [79]

Initially Schwarzkopf had endorsed the invasion, saying he was convinced that the former secretary of state Colin Powell had given the United Nations powerful evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. After that proved false, he said decisions to go to war should depend on what UN weapons inspectors found. It wasn’t just on the field. “I saw it in pubs and bars, when he and I were together, I’d think it would be a dumb move, but people would target the biggest guy.” Morrison, Jane Ann (June 28, 1992). "Bright students, stars shine together" (PDF). Las Vegas Review Journal.Schwarzkopf, H. Norman (1993), It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, New York: Bantam Books, ISBN 978-0-553-56338-2 General Norm Schwarzkopf, to me, epitomised the 'duty, service, country' creed that has defended our freedom and seen this great nation through our most trying international crises," Bush Sr said in a statement. "More than that, he was a good and decent man and a dear friend." In the final analysis I think we are behind schedule. ... I don't think we counted on it turning into jihad (holy war)," he said in an NBC interview. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee in March 1989, Schwarzkopf maintained that the Soviet Union was a threat to the region, but when giving an overview of the countries in the region, he noted that Iraq posed a threat to its weaker neighbors. He implored for the US to "seek to assert a moderating influence in Iraq." [79] With regional turmoil growing, Schwarzkopf became concerned about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, focusing the attention of his command on preparing to respond to what he thought was a "more realistic scenario." That year, his command began planning to counter an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, seeing it as a likely conflict that would threaten the interests of the United States. Even now, seven years later, there are no ready explanations about what happened to Norman Hadley, and there never will be. But David believes he knows. He is a doctor. He specialises in trauma and emergency medicine. He believes his brother was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy caused by repeated head trauma.