Duty [sound recording] / Robert M. Gates.

Title:

ISBN:

9780804148627

9780804148641

Personal Author:

Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication Information:

[Westminster, Md.] : Books on Tape : Random House Audio, [2014]

Physical Description:

20 audio discs (25 hr., 30 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Compact discs.

Duration: 25:30:00.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

Personal Subject:

Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-

Corporate Subject:

United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography

Geographic Term:

United States -- Military policy -- Decision making.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009

United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017

Subject Term:

Cabinet officers--United States -- Biography

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American

Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, American