عرض عادي
Duty : Memoirs of a Secretary at War / Robert M. Gates.
نوع المادة :
نصالناشر:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014الطبعات:First editionوصف:x, 618 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780307959478 (hbk)
- 0307959473 (hbk)
- Memoirs of a Secretary at war
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- 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
- 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-
- Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
- United States. Department of Defense
- E897.4.G38 A3 2014
المحتويات:
ملخص: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.
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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كتاب
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | E897.4.G38 A3 2014 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011297017 |
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.
