To fully understand the quotes that are generating so much sensational news coverage, you have to read the book. Book excerpts many of which are unavailable or out of print these excerpts are here with the hope that you will like what you read and purchase books by the authors if available for your own study and the edification of those you influence as a disciple of the lord jesus christ. Bob gates is a magnificent public servant and historian. Bush and as secretary of defense 200611 in the administrations of presidents george w. Dec 18, 2006 robert michael gates born september 25, 1943 is currently serving as the 22nd united states secretary of defense.
Gates confirmed what was obvious from the excerpts of his book. Childrens health defense is proud to announce that chd board chair robert f. Clappers book tells the first, thoughtful, indepth history of the rise of the american intelligence community as a semiunited entity. Dec 22, 2017 the real story behind katharine graham and the post. Through his childrens health defense, parents and our children now have a voice. National security archive electronic briefing book no. Former defense secretary gates discusses book, career in. To judge from the pages of his book, many of his expressions of outrage were indeed motivated by selfserving bureaucrats or members of congress who. Like just about everybody else in washington and many across the country, ive been reading the excerpts from former defense secretary robert gates book duty. Robert gates new book will go down as one of the most illtempered memoirs ever written by a former cabinet secretary. He treated the office of the presidency with respect. Robert gatess tenure running the pentagon might go down as the greatest performance in acting history. Defense secretary robert gates speaks with npr news.
He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. Robert sapolsky discusses a primates memoir, africa, and the primates he observed and studied in the book you touch on some of the cultural and societal changes you have witnessed in your over twenty years of summers in africa. In the excerpts from duty, gates seems to take a similar view of george w. Gates offered a rare, behindthescenes glimpse of white house politics and policies as the guest speaker for the university of southern mississippi s lt. Dec 20, 2017 the 1996 memoir of former cia director robert gates confirmed that parry had the story right all along. Jan 12, 2014 washington has been abuzz this past week over the new memoir by former secretary of defense robert gates. I rarely saw him in the oval office with a coat and tie, and he always conducted himself with dignity. Former white house chief of staff william daley not only disputed gates criticism of president. Former defense secretary robert gates has a book coming out jan. Mailing address counterpunch po box 228 petrolia, ca 95558 telephone 1707 6293683.
A memoir is as moving as it is amusing, fresh evidence that roger ebert is a writer who happens to love movies, not a movie lover who happens to write. With robert gates book, loyaltys short shelf life returns to. There are few critics working today with the life long commitment, focus, and curiosity of robert christgau. Jan 12, 2014 a journalist reads an advance copy of former u. Here are a few items from the book that may surprise readers. Robert gates world, politics air date 11012017 robert gates, former director of the cia, on china, the u. There are few critics working today with the lifelong commitment, focus, and curiosity of robert christgau. Book reports doesnt scan the over halfcentury of the mans work, and thats what makes it all the more impressive. The irancontra scandal, 1991 confirmation hearings, and excerpts from new book safe for democracy. Gates on a passion for leadership january 21, 2016 by robert m. With robert gates book, loyaltys short shelf life returns. White house on bob gates book claims business insider. Gates, our 2011 liberty medal recipient, discusses valuable lessons in leadership he learned from four decades of personal experience.
Book excerpts readers read book news and resources. Read gates book before quoting him february 23, 2014 having served on the periphery of robert gates life during my career, the screaming headlines about his tell all memoir of his tenure as secretary of defense, duty, left me troubled. His views about presidents obama and bush are varied and complex and far more positive about both than the initial reports suggested. Bush, a mature leader who on the iraq surge risked reputation, public esteem, credibility, political ruin and the judgment of history on a single decision he believed was the right thing for the country. Jan 07, 2014 robert gates new book is starting to leak out, and it may give president obama and his aides some heartburn. When soldiers put their lives on the line, they need to know that the command in chief who.
With robert gates book, loyaltys short shelf life returns to the. In his first interview since details from his memoir became public, former defense secretary robert gates speaks with npr news about some of the most widely. He was the author of seventeen books, including scorsese by ebert and awake in the dark. An esteemed alto saxophonist, bobby watson serves up some down to the bone goodness in the gates bbq suite. A collection of inspiring book excerpts living life fully. On the outside, he was an evenkeeled, plainspeaking former college president, one who declared to congress he hadnt returned to washington to be a bump on a log. Jan 17, 2014 gates confirmed what was obvious from the excerpts of his book.
Hardly a day passes in the life of any american without his or her having to confront one or another bureaucracy, standing in line, dialing a. The 1996 memoir of former cia director robert gates confirmed that parry had the story right all along. Ive spent my entire adult life with the united states as a superpower and. The former defense secretary says that obama eventually lost faith in the troop. Grahams book exudes affection for kissinger as well as robert mcnamara and other luminaries of various administrations who remained her close friends until she died in 2001. Jan 19, 2014 as i was reading duty, probably one of the best washington memoirs ever, i kept thinking that robert m. Memoirs of a secretary at war, that is circulating among reporters in washington, d. Robert michael gates born september 25, 1943 is a retired civil servant and university president who served as the 22nd united states secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. The real story behind katharine graham and the post. Distinguished lecture series in international security and global policy on thursday, feb. Expert reporting, current news, provocative columnists, your source for original reporting from progressive journalists that digs. Robert gates failure of duty carnegie endowment for. Jan 14, 2014 like just about everybody else in washington and many across the country, ive been reading the excerpts from former defense secretary robert gates book duty.
One may not again see such an insiders commanding grasp of this vast subject as he unfolds in this book based on his long service in positions of rising responsibility in the cia and the national security council and his close relationships with presidents carter, ford and g. Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. Gates clearly has no desire to work in the federal government again in his life. As i was reading duty, probably one of the best washington memoirs ever, i kept thinking that robert m. It may be the blackness averred by the nemedian skeptics, or croms realm of ice and. Read free book excerpt from life as we knew it by susan beth pfeffer, page 4 of 7. Now secretary gates speaks for himself in his first television interview about his book. From the excerpts of the memoir that have been released, gates emerges as a petulant, inhibited man who illserved his president and the national interest by keeping his anger and concerns bottled up instead of raising.
According to masters of health editorinchief michael stanislavsky, he is a real champion, an environmental and humanitarian legend, and a true courageous hero who has dedicated his. What shines throughout the book is eberts humility, his downtoearth and powerful sense of decency. The secret life of robert gates small wars journal. Robert gates book portrays obama as a different kind of. Sometimes the lessons in a particular passage are so important that they have to be shared. Once the book is out, the person said, gates views will be more clear. Bob gates has, i think, served me extraordinarily well. Read gates book before quoting him the national herald. A biography follows the life of gates from his seattle childhood and his early years as a program developer to the founding of microsoft and its expansion into the personal computer, internet browsing, and gaming markets, to his current role as one of the worlds most generous philanthropists. Bush until the advent of the clinton administration ended.
Former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff colin powell, in his book it worked for me. Hes still searching, still pulling volumes from the shelves, looking at new or old ideas, cracking open the spines of. Before he joined the cia, he served with the united. Prior to this, gates served for 26 years in the central intelligence agency and the national security council, and under president george h. After all, she is a nurse who helps them deliver their most precious gifts in life. The secret life of robert gates by philip ewing, politico. Minneapolis star tribune a gentle look back, life itself. Instead, hes written a book that stands with the likes of robert gates first memoir, from the shadows. A novel on vaccines and disease kindle edition by john phillip ryan. Share motivational and inspirational quotes by robert m. A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book. Robert gates has served up a harsh judgment of the president who. Robert gates new book is starting to leak out, and it may give president obama and his aides some heartburn.
As part of what excerpts of the book suggest is a scathing critique on obamas foreign policy, gates also hit obama for coming to not believe in his own military strategy in afghanistan. Washington has been abuzz this past week over the new memoir by former secretary of defense robert gates. Yet even the most well intentioned parents sometimes push back, especially when it comes to vaccinating their. According to masters of health editorinchief michael stanislavsky, he is a real champion, an environmental and humanitarian legend, and a true courageous hero who has dedicated his life to defend those who cannot defend themselves. Sometimes we cant tell if we have something in common with a particular.
There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous. Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of othersthat is too high a price to pay. Kennedy, 1917 1963 by robert dallek warner books worse than watergate. United states quotes ive spent my entire adult life with the united states as a superpower and one that had no compunction about spending what it took to. People whose daytoday job life is miserable are not going to feel motivated to. Dean little, brown click here for more nonfiction book excerpts.
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