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Duty memoirs of a Secretary at war

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.

Main Author: Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Edition: First edition
Subjects:
Gates, Robert Michael, > 1943-
United States. > Department of Defense > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > Department of Defense.
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 > History > 21st century.
United States > Military policy > Decision making.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-
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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.
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: x, 618 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780307959478 (hardcover)
0307959473 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American statesman and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush was Director of Central Intelligence. Gates was also an officer in the United States Air Force and during the early part of his military career, he was recruited by the CIA. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. He served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that studied the lessons of the Iraq War.

Gates has won many honorary doctorates from universities, including an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Yale University; his government awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In January 2014, Gates published his autobiography, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, which quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Gates', A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service, released in 2016, became an iBook bestseller.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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