Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war memoirs of a Secretary at war /
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: x, 618 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780307959478 (hardcover)
- 0307959473 (hardcover)
- Memoirs of a Secretary at war
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- United States. Department of Defense
- Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American
- Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Military policy -- Decision making
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
- 355.6092 B 23
- E897.4.P48 B76 2014
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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BIOG | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | B GAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34517000486723 |
Includes index.
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.
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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