Duty Memoirs Secretary by Gates Robert, Signed (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Autographed Copy sticker on front jacket, author's signature free end paper. One page corner creased. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front blank.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed by author. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Scattered marks. Ships daily. Signed.

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front endpage. Bookplate inside. Hinge starting.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Inscribed by Robert M. Gates on title page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.*. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, stated. Signed by the author on a bookplate on the half-title page: "Robert M. Gates." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $35.00); light edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 2.49. signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Signed by author on a bookplate affixed to front end page (signature only). Condition: as new. Flaws: slight crease to rear dust jacket flap. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. Fifth printing. x, 598pp+ index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Bookplate signed by Gates affixed to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed by the author on a special bookplate affixed to the front endpage. First printing of first edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A hint of handling, no notable flaws. Unmarked but for author's signature. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Second printing. Signed by Gates on the title page. Near fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Blue paper quarter binding, with grey paper over boards and silver lettering on the spine. Title and copyright pages dated 2014. 618 pages. Very good condition. Binding is square and sturdy, and pages are free from unwanted markings. Dust jacket is full-color pictorial, with white lettering on the spine and front cover. Very good condition. Sticker on front cover announces that this is an autographed copy. Minor rubbing to back of jacket. Full-color illustrations throughout. Signed by the author, in black ink, on the front endpaper following the front free endpaper. Memoirs of former US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover Fine in fine dust jacket SIGNED BY GATES ON A FRONT END PAPER.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2014. With scarce Certificate of Authenticity COA. Signed with a black sharpie by Robert M. Gates directly on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Certificate of Authenticity from Premiere Collectibles is laid in. SEE OUR PHOTOS. New and unread but rated only Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket due to mild bump to the upper corner of the cover, front and rear -- NO pages are affected. SEE OUR PHOTOS. NOT price clipped ($35.00). 2014. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page, with no other printings indicated. Bound in the original gray boards, with a silver-stamped blue spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "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. Before Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House in 2006, he thought he'd 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 - his heroes -- he developed on the job. 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. He discusses the great controversies of his tenure surges in both Iraq and Afghanistan, how to deal with Iran and Syria, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Guantánamo Bay, WikiLeaks -- as 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 -- desires to protect our soldiers and ensure their success. 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. DUTY tells a powerful and deeply personal story that allows us an unprecedented look at two administrations and the wars that have defined them.". Signed by Robert M. Gates. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. x, 623pp. + over 30 pages color photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 618 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Blue and red spine with white text. Dust jacket has bar code sticker on rear cover. Textblock clean. Signed flat by author on second page. Shelved ND-B. 1379543. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Seventh printing. Signed by author on title page. Two gift inscriptions on page opposite from title page, both referencing the National Meeting in Nashville in 2014 (presumably the Boy Scouts of America annual meeting which was held in Nashville in 2014 and at which meeting Robert Gates was elected as the President of the BSA). Otherwise inside is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has about 1" tear on front bottom left. Deckle-edged. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 2004. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. First Print. Signed by the author on the first blank page, signature only. An excellent addition to your collection. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes. Signed by Author. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Octavo; 618+ pages, clothbacked boards Gates was the U S. Secretary of Defense under both Presidents Geo. W. Bush and Barack Obama, having previously been the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and National Security Advisor for President George H. W. Bush.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. 618 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: New/New. 1st/First Ed. 1st/First Printing (FE). Flat signed by author on ffep. Book will be shipped carefully boxed. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Signed, 1st ed.; fine condition, DJ fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Gates without personalization. "I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades," writes Gates of Joe Biden. Controversial Memoirs of Obama's Secretary of Defense. "Probably one of the best Washington memoirs ever. The former defense secretary is naming names (The New York Times). MATCHLESS, UNread first edition in untouched, UNclipped jacket. Opened only by Gates for his signature (sans personalization). A superb copy. Book #Pv5b212. $65. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science. Signed by Author(s).