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050 0 0 _aE897.4.P48
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100 1 _aGates, Robert Michael,
_d1943-
_93431
245 1 0 _aDuty : memoirs of a Secretary at war
_bmemoirs of a Secretary at war /
246 3 0 _aMemoirs of a Secretary at war
250 _aFirst edition
300 _ax, 618 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c25 cm
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aSummoned 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.
520 _aThe former Secretary of Defense offers a candid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
600 1 0 _aGates, Robert Michael,
_d1943-
_93432
600 1 4 _aGates, Robert Michael,
_d1943-
_93433
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense
_xOfficials and employees
_vBiography.
_93434
610 2 4 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense.
_93435
650 0 _aCabinet officers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_93436
650 0 _aIraq War, 2003-2011
_vPersonal narratives, American.
_93437
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
_vPersonal narratives, American.
_91609
650 0 _aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009
_vPersonal narratives, American.
_93438
650 0 _aCivil-military relations
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
_93439
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy
_xDecision making.
_93440
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2001-2009.
_93441
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2009-
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