Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 14, 2014
*USED - LIKE NEW with minor shelf wear & tagging "See Photos" Product Information: Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War Hardcover Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he’d left Washington politics behind: after working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happy in his role as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty. Now, in this unsparing memoir, meticulously fair in its assessments, he takes us behind the scenes of his nearly five years as a secretary at war: the battles with Congress, the two presidents he served, the military itself, and the vast Pentagon bureaucracy; his efforts to help Bush turn the tide in Iraq; his role as a guiding, and often dissenting, voice for Obama; the ardent devotion to and love for American soldiers—his “heroes”—he developed on the job. Product details ASIN : 0307959473 Publisher : Knopf; First Edition/First Printing (January 14, 2014) Language : English Hardcover : 640 pages ISBN-10 : 9780307959478 ISBN-13 : 978-0307959478 Item Weight : 2.35 pounds Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.6 inches **We combine shipping so take a look at our other items and follow our Store** ~Thank you! Exceptionaldavisdeals ~