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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
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Lieferstatus: |
Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt) |
Veröffentlichung: |
Mai 2015
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Genre: |
Geschichte / Politik / Kultur |
ISBN: |
9780307949639 |
EAN-Code:
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9780307949639 |
Verlag: |
English Books |
Einband: |
Kartoniert |
Sprache: |
English
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Dimensionen: |
H 236 mm / B 156 mm / D 34 mm |
Gewicht: |
876 gr |
Seiten: |
672 |
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Farb. Abb. |
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Inhalt: |
After serving six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, Robert M. Gates believed that he had left Washington politics behind for good-but when he received the call from the White House in 2006 to help a nation mired in two wars, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.
Forthright and unsparing, Duty is Gates's behind-the-scenes account of his nearly five years as a Secretary of Defense at war: the battles with Congress, the two presidents he served, the military itself, and the vast Pentagon bureaucracy; his efforts to help George W. Bush turn the tide in Iraq; his role as a guiding (and often dissenting) voice for Barack Obama; and, most importantly, his ardent devotion to and love for American soldiers. Offering unvarnished appraisals of our political leaders, including Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton, Duty tells a powerful and deeply personal story, giving us an unprecedented look at two administrations and the wars that have defined them. |
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