01746cam a2200325 4500 1147850594 TxAuBib ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2013026348 9780307959478 hardcover 0307959473 hardcover TxAuBib Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war / Robert M. Gates. Memoirs of a Secretary at war. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. x, 618 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. 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. Gates, Robert Michael 1943- United States Department of Defense Officials and employees Biography. Afghan War, 2001- Personal narratives, American. Cabinet officers United States Biography. Civil-military relations United States History 21st century. Iraq War, 2003-2011 Personal narratives. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Personal narratives, American. United States Military policy Decision making. United States Politics and government 2001-2009. United States Politics and government 2009-2017.