Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates
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TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2014Description: 618 p. : illus. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780307959478
- Memoirs of a Secretary at war
- 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 -- -Military policy -- -Decision making
- 92 GAT
- E897.4.G37 A3 2014
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | 92 GAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 034146 |
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.
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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