Bibliograph

Duty, memoirs of a Secretary at war, Robert M. Gates

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Label

Duty, memoirs of a Secretary at war, Robert M. Gates

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Duty

Oclc number

857234147

Responsibility statement

Robert M. Gates

Sub title

memoirs of a Secretary at war

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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 team, 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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Memoirs of a Secretary at war

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