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Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
Publication details: [California]: Instaread, 2014.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781497310445 (pbk.) :
- 149731044X (pbk.) :
- Memoirs of a Secretary at war
- a 30-minute Instaread chapter by chapter summary
- 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, American
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American
- United States -- Military policy -- Decision making
- Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
- United States. Department of Defense
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- United States. Department of Defense
- Afghan War (2001-)
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- War on Terrorism (2001-2009)
- Cabinet officers
- Civil-military relations
- Employees
- Military policy -- Decision making
- Political science
- United States
- Since 2000
- E897.4.P48 B76 2014
Contents:
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.
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.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | E 897.4 .P48 B76 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5116019 |
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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.
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.
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