Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014Description: x, 618 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307959478 :; 0307959473 :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 | Military policy -- United States | United States -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 355.6092 | B LOC classification: E897.4.G37 | A3 2014| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Spaulding Memorial Library | BIO GAT (Browse shelf) | Available | 25539 |
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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.
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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