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1 online resource (x, 618 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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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. |
| Summary |
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he'd long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A & M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty. |
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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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Includes index. |
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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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| Subject |
Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- |
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United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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United States. Department of Defense. |
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Afghan War (2001-) |
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Iraq War (2003-2011) |
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War on Terrorism (2001-2009) |
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2000-2099 |
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Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives.
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Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Cabinet officers. |
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Civil-military relations. |
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Employees. |
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Military policy -- Decision making. |
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Politics and government. |
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United States -- Military policy -- Decision making.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Iraq. |
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United States. |
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Downloadable e-Books.
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives American.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Memoirs of a Secretary at war |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- Duty New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014 9780307959478 (DLC) 2013026348 (OCoLC)857234147 |
| ISBN |
9780307959485 : $54.00 |
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0307959481 : $54.00 |
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