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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War is a nonfiction book written by Robert M. Gates, a former U.S. secretary of defense. It was published in January 2014 by Alfred A. Knopf . The book recounts Gates's service in the George W. Bush administration (2006–2009) and the Obama administration (2009–2011), including his experiences ...
12. Mai 2015 · 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 ...
14. Jan. 2014 · Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. Robert M. Gates. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 14, 2014 - Biography & Autobiography - 640 pages. From the former secretary of defense, a...
28. Aug. 2020 · English. x, 618 pages : 25 cm. From the former secretary of defense, a candid account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
12. Mai 2015 · 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...
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) voic...
His accomplishments include shuttering 30 military spending programs deemed superfluous. Gates claims he waged “wars” as secretary – against the Pentagon, the White House, Congress, as well as against enemies abroad in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere – and therein lies the book’s greatest, albeit semantic, weakness.
