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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-

Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Memoirs of a Secretary at war Robert M. Gates. - x, 618 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

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.

ISBN: 0307959473 (hardcover) 9780307959478 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2013026348

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016529844 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Department of Defense --Officials and employees--Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.
Civil-military relations--History--United States--21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Personal narratives, American.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Military policy--Decision making.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
United States--Politics and government--2009-