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Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war
- Title
- Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
- Author
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- 618 pages, 30 pages of unnumbered plates : color illustrations; 25 cm
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Memoirs of a Secretary at war
- Subjects
- United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives, American
- United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- United States > Military policy > Decision making
- Civil-military relations > United States > History > 21st century
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives
- Cabinet officers > United States > Biography
- United States > Department of Defense > Officials and employees > Biography
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Personal narratives, American
- Note
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-3067
- ISBN
- 9780307959478 (hardcover)
- 0307959473 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2013026348
- OCLC
- 857234147
- Author
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- Title
- Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-3067