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Author’s Note
CHAPTER 1
Summoned to Duty
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THE CONFIRMATION
CHAPTER 2
Iraq, Iraq, and Iraq
THE GULF WAR
THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP
THE SURGE
THE WASHINGTON BATTLESPACE
EXTENDING THE SURGE
GETTING TO SEPTEMBER
CHAPTER 3
Mending Fences, Finding Allies
MAKING PEACE AT HOME
THE BUSH TEAM
BECOMING “THE SOLDIERS’ SECRETARY”
WALTER REED
CHAPTER 4
Waging War on the Pentagon
MINE-RESISTANT, AMBUSH-PROTECTED VEHICLES
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE
WOUNDED WARRIORS
THE WAR ABOUT WAR
THE BLAME GAME
CHAPTER 5
Beyond Iraq: A Complicated World
RUSSIA
GEORGIA
SYRIA
IRAN
FREQUENT FLYER
CHAPTER 6
Good War, Bad War
BUSH’S ENDGAME IN IRAQ
CHAPTER 7
One Damn Thing After Another
THE AIR FORCE
OTHER CHALLENGES
CHAPTER 8
Transition
CHAPTER 9
New Team, New Agenda, Old Secretary
MY NEW AGENDA AT DEFENSE
THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA
CHAPTER 10
Afghanistan: A House Divided
CHAPTER 11
Difficult Foes, Difficult Friends
MISSILE DEFENSE AGAINST IRAN
RUSSIA
ASIA
DISASTERS
OTHER DISASTERS
CHAPTER 12
Meanwhile, Back in Washington
DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL
THE WAR WITHIN (CONTINUED)
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
RESPITE
CHAPTER 13
War, War… and Revolution
AFGHANISTAN
THE ARAB REVOLUTION
CHAPTER 14
At War to the Last Day
CHINA, RUSSIA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST
MILITARY SUCCESSION
THE BIN LADEN RAID
CUTTING THE DEFENSE BUDGET: MATH, NOT STRATEGY
MY LAST FIGHTS: ENDING TWO WARS
CHAPTER 15
Reflections
THE WARS
THE CIVILIAN-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP
RUNNING THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
CONGRESS
THE PRESIDENTS
ON WAR
THE TROOPS
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
A Note About the Author
Illustrations
ALSO BY ROBERT M. GATES
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