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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War est le r\u00e9cit de Robert M. Gates, ancien secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 la D\u00e9fense am\u00e9ricain. Ce livre revient sur ses ann\u00e9es au Pentagone, sous les pr\u00e9sidents George W. Bush et Barack Obama, pendant les guerres en Irak et en Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

\u00c9tat et d\u00e9tails de cet exemplaire<\/h2>\n

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he\u2019d left Washington politics behind: after working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happy in his role 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. Now, in this unsparing memoir, meticulously fair in its assessments, he takes us behind the scenes of his nearly five years as a secretary at war: the battles with Congress, the two presidents he served, the military itself, and the vast Pentagon bureaucracy; his efforts to help Bush turn the tide in Iraq; his role as a guiding, and often dissenting, voice for Obama; the ardent devotion to and love for American soldiers\u2014his \u201cheroes\u201d\u2014he developed on the job.<\/p>\n

In relating his personal journey as secretary, Gates draws us into the innermost sanctums of government and military power during the height of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, illuminating iconic figures, vital negotiations, and critical situations in revealing, intimate detail. Offering unvarnished appraisals of Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Presidents Bush and Obama among other key players, Gates exposes the full spectrum of behind-closed-doors politicking within both the Bush and Obama administrations.<\/p>\n

He discusses the great controversies of his tenure\u2014surges in both Iraq and Afghanistan,\u00a0 how to deal with Iran and Syria, \u201cDon\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell,\u201d Guant\u00e1namo Bay, WikiLeaks\u2014as they played out behind the television cameras. He brings to life the Situation Room during the Bin Laden raid. And, searingly, he shows how congressional debate and action or inaction on everything from equipment budgeting to troop withdrawals was often motivated, to his increasing despair and anger, more by party politics and media impact than by members\u2019 desires to protect our soldiers and ensure their success.<\/p>\n

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.
\nDuty tells a powerful and deeply personal story that allows us an unprecedented look at<\/p>\n

R\u00e9sum\u00e9 de Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War<\/h2>\n

Dans ce r\u00e9cit \u00e0 la fois franc et d\u00e9taill\u00e9, Robert M. Gates raconte pr\u00e8s de cinq ann\u00e9es pass\u00e9es \u00e0 la t\u00eate du Pentagone, entre 2006 et 2011. Appel\u00e9 par la Maison-Blanche alors qu'il pensait avoir quitt\u00e9 la vie politique de Washington et qu'il pr\u00e9sidait l'universit\u00e9 Texas A&M, il d\u00e9crit les batailles men\u00e9es avec le Congr\u00e8s, l'administration militaire et la lourde bureaucratie du Pentagone. Il revient sur ses efforts pour aider George W. Bush \u00e0 infl\u00e9chir la situation en Irak, puis sur son r\u00f4le de conseiller, parfois dissident, aupr\u00e8s de Barack Obama. L'auteur livre aussi ses appr\u00e9ciations sur Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton et les deux pr\u00e9sidents, ainsi que son attachement profond aux soldats am\u00e9ricains.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 propos de Robert M. Gates<\/h2>\n

Robert M. Gates est un responsable politique et universitaire am\u00e9ricain. Il a dirig\u00e9 la CIA entre 1991 et 1993, apr\u00e8s avoir servi six pr\u00e9sidents au sein de la CIA et du Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale. Pr\u00e9sident de l'universit\u00e9 Texas A&M de 2002 \u00e0 2006, il devient secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 la D\u00e9fense en 2006, poste qu'il occupe jusqu'en 2011 sous George W. Bush puis Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

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