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050	0	0	_aE897.4.G37 _bA3 2014
082	0	0	_a92 GAT
100	1		_aGates, Robert Michael _d, 1943 -
245	1	0	_aDuty _b: memoirs of a Secretary at war _c/ Robert M. Gates
246	3	0	_aMemoirs of a Secretary at war
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 2014
300			_a618 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm
500			_aIncludes index
505	0		_aSummoned 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.
520			_aFrom 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.
600	1	0	_aGates, Robert Michael _d, 1943 -
610	1	0	_aUnited States _b. Department of Defense _x--Officials and employees _v--Biography
650		4	_aCabinet Officers _z-United States _v--Biography
650		0	_aIraq war _y--2003-2011 _v--Personal narratives, American
650		0	_aAfghan War _y--2001 _v--Personal narratives, American
650		0	_aWar on Terrorism, 2001 - 2009 _v--Personal narratives, American
650		0	_aCivil-military relations
651		4	_aUnited States _x-Military policy _x-Decision making
942			_cMO
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