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Duty : memoirs of a secretary at war  Cover Image E-audiobook E-audiobook

Duty : memoirs of a secretary at war

Summary: From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he'd long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University...

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  • ISBN: 9780804148658 (electronic audio bk.)
  • ISBN: 0804148651 (electronic audio bk.)
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource (1 sound file (25 hr., 38 min., 59 sec.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Books on Tape, 2014.

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Participant or Performer Note: Read by George Newbern.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on hard copy version record.
Subject: 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-
Genre: Audiobooks.
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