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Exercise of Power
From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 bestselling memoir, Duty, a candid, sweeping examination of power, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity. Robert Gates argues that this transformation is the result of the failure of political leaders to understand the complexity of American power, its expansiveness and its limitations. He makes clear that the successful exercise of power is not limited to the ability to coerce or demand submission, but must ...
The Bob Gates Story
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Duty
"As I look back, there is a parallel theme to my years at war: love. By that I mean the love - there is no other word for it - I came to feel for the troops, and the overwhelming sense of personal responsibility I developed for them. So much so that it would shape some of my most significant decisions and positions.' 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. Robert Gates was US Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011 serving under both George Bush and Barack Obama. Before that he was Director of the CIA. This is his candid and revealing account of US military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Gates oversaw the controversial surge' of US troops in both countries. As well as this, he also provides commentary on the situations in Syria, Iran, Israel and North Korea and details behind the scenes meetings with Bush, C
From the Shadows
The U.S. Intelligence Service. US-Russian foreign relations.
InSight
Photographs by widely published and award winning photographer Bob Gates. Street photography, people photography, nature photography, drone photography and more.
Creation Myths
A collection of poems, most of which have been published in such literary magazines as Latitude 30 18, Theopoieses; the new renaissance, Riverrun, Byline, Sands, Paper Radio, Egad!, Abbey, Black Bear Review, Impetus, Implosion, Slipstream, Wind, and Verve.
Messages to Myself
A collection of short fictions, most of which have been published in the following magazines: Furious Fictions, The Fiction Review, Santa Clara Review, Mind in Motion, Orange Coast Review, Ceilidh, ELF, Paper Radio, NRG, EOTU, Not One of Us, Rag Mag, Hippo, Dreams and Visions, Verve, Vignettes and Versicles, Z Miscellaneous, Rhododendron, Seems, Jump Start, Pinchpenny, and Green's Magazine.
