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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American.
Civil-military relations -- United States.
United States -- Military policy -- Decision making.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American.
Civil-military relations -- United States.
United States -- Military policy -- Decision making.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Call #:
973.931092 G259d
Subjects
Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American.
Civil-military relations -- United States.
United States -- Military policy -- Decision making.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
ISBN:
9780307959478 (hc.)
0307959473 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Memoirs of a Secretary at war
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 618 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Summoned to duty -- Iraq, Iraq, and Iraq-- Mending fences, finding allies -- Waging war on the Pentagon -- Beyond Iraq: a complicated world -- Good war, bad war -- One damn thing after another -- Transition -- New term, new agenda, old secretary -- Afghanistan: a house divided -- Difficult foes, difficult friends -- Meanwhile, back in Washington -- War, war...and revolution -- At war to the last day -- Reflections.
Summary:
The former Secretary of Defense offers a candid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Memoirs.
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