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Duty
by Robert M. Gates
The defense secretary who served Bush and Obama on war, bureaucracy and the toll of sending troops. Blunt, emotional and one of the most honest Washington memoirs.
Read it if…
you want an unvarnished view of leading a vast institution in wartime.
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Skip it if…
you want upbeat.
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Three things you will actually use
- Fight the bureaucracy for the people at the end of it.
- Candor costs; pay it.
- Leadership is felt as burden.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the wounded.
Our verdict
Honest and heavy.
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