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082 0 0 _a355.6092 GAT
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100 1 _aGates, Robert Michael,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aDuty :
_bmemoirs of a Secretary at war /
_cRobert M. Gates.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2014.
300 _ax, 618 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
500 _aGratis
505 0 _aSummoned 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.
600 1 0 _aGates, Robert Michael,
_d1943-
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense
_xOfficials and employees
_vBiography.
650 0 _aCabinet officers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aIraq War, 2003-2011
_vPersonal narratives.
650 0 _aAfghan War, 2001-
_vPersonal narratives, American.
650 0 _aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009
_vPersonal narratives, American.
650 0 _aCivil-military relations
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy
_xDecision making.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2001-2009.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2009-2017.
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