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From the Shadows

The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War

From the Shadows( )
Author: Gates, Robert M.
ISBN:978-1-4165-4336-7
Publication Date:Jan 2007
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.99
Book Description:

Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, reveals fascinating insights into how the US Central Intelligence Agency has evolved by recurring trials and errors.

Book Details
Pages:608
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage
Political Science / International Relations / General
Biography & Autobiography / Political
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.125 x 9.25 x 1.7 Inches
Book Weight:1.677 Pounds
Author Biography
Gates, Robert M. (Author)
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American statesman and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush was Director of Central Intelligence. Gates was also an officer in the United States Air Force and during the early part of his military career, he was recruited by the CIA. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. He served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that studied the lessons of the Iraq War.

Gates has won many honorary doctorates from universities, including an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Yale University; his government awards include the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In January 2014, Gates published his autobiography, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, which quickly became a New York Times bestseller. Gates', A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service, released in 2016, became an iBook bestseller.

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