Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war /
by Gates, Robert Michael [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.Description: x, 618 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0307959473 :.Subject(s): Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- | United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography | Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography | Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century | 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 | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 | United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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 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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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.
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