Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, ©2014. Description: 618 pages, [32] pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmSubject(s): - 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
- 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-
- E897.4. G37 2014
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | E897.4.G37 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000370667 |
Includes bibliographical references and 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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