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by Gates, Robert Michael,frey50
, Memoirs of a Secretary at war Edition statement:First edition Published by : Alfred A. Knopf (New York) , 2014 Physical details: x, 618 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm ISBN:9780307959478 (hardcover); 0307959473 (hardcover); 9780307959478 (hardcover); 9780307959478 (hardcover); 9780307959478 (hardcover).
Subject(s): Gates, Robert Michael, -- 1943- | United States. -- Department of Defense -- Officials and employees | United States. -- Department of Defense. | Cabinet officers -- United States | Iraq War, 2003-2011 | Afghan War, 2001- | War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 | Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 21st century. | United States -- Military policy -- Decision making. | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. | United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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Includes index.

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.