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.
Ämnesord
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography. (LCSH)
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives. (LCSH)
Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American. (LCSH)
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American. (LCSH)
Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century. (LCSH)
United States -- Military policy -- Decision making. (LCSH)
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. (LCSH)
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- (LCSH)
Genre
Biografier (saogf)
Biography.
History.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives
Personnamn
Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
Institutionsnamn
United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.