Duty

Duty

By Robert M. Gates
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“A refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one.”

Wall Street Journal

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving 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.

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    Detailed look at contemporary American security policy

    Gates tells the story of his years under Bush and Obama in exhaustive detail. He offers great insight without failing to devote time to the larger issues. The story does get slightly repetetive about his travels and ongoing issues with Congress/military leadership/White House, but you come away enlightened and with fresh perspecitve on the events of recent years and its primary players.

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