Gates, Robert Michael,  1943- <br/><br/>
Duty :  memoirs of a Secretary at war / 
Robert M. Gates. 
 - x, 618 pages :  color illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index.  Gratis 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307959478 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Department of Defense --Officials and employees--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.<br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives.<br/>Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.<br/>War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Personal narratives, American.<br/>Civil-military relations--History--United States--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Military policy--Decision making.<br/>United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.<br/>United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.6092 GAT