Duty: memoirs of a secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014Description: x, 618 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307959478 (hardcover)Other title: Memoirs of a Secretary at warSubject(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 | 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 LOC classification: E897.4.G37 | A3 2014
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.
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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.
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