Duty : memoirs of a Secretary at war
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Random House Audio--Container.

HD.

LIGHT.

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Previously released by Random House LLC, ℗2014.

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

Includes an author's note and an interview with the author.

Read by George Newbern.

However embroiled he became in the trials of Washington, Gates makes clear that his heart was always in the most important theater of his tenure as secretary: the front lines. We journey with him to both war zones as he meets with active-duty troops and their commanders, awed by their courage, and also witness him greet coffin after flag-draped coffin returned to U.S. soil, heartbreakingly aware that he signed every deployment order. In frank and poignant vignettes, Gates conveys the human cost of war, and his admiration for those brave enough to undertake it when necessary. Duty tells a powerful and deeply personal story that allows us an unprecedented look at two administrations and the wars that have defined them.