Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-

Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Memoirs of a Secretary at war Robert M. Gates. - x, 618 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

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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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 government.

E897.4.G37 / A3 2014

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