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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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Release date
January 14, 2014 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780804148658
- File size: 738801 KB
- Duration: 25:39:10
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 1280
- Text Difficulty: 10-12
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Reviews
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Listening to this remarkable work is akin to eavesdropping on conversations in the Oval Office and policy discussions at the Pentagon. The author served as secretary of defense for both Presidents G.W. Bush and Obama, and this audiobook is a candid account of his tenure while the nation was involved in two wars. Gates himself delivers the author's note at the beginning, narrating in a deep, gravelly voice that exudes confidence. George Newbern delivers the rest of the work. He doesn't have a broad range, and, because he settles into a pattern as this long book unfolds, he's prone to some monotony and flatness in his performance. However, he clearly articulates Gates's arguments so they remain coherent and logical. R.I.G. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
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