Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
By: Gates, Robert Michael [author.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014Edition: First edition.General Notes: Includes index.Description: x, 618 p., 32 plates : ill. (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307959478 (hardcover); 0307959473 (hardcover).Other title: Memoirs of a Secretary at war.Subject(s): 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- -- 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-DDC classification: 355.6092 | B | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 355.6 G223 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003489242 |
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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