A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Large Type Print Edition

Informationen zum Autor Mark T. Esper served as secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020 and as secretary of the Army from 2017 to 2019. A distinguished graduate of West Point, he spent twenty-one years in uniform, including a combat tour in the 1991 Gulf War. Esper earned a Ph.D. from George Washington University while working on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon as a political appointee. He was also a senior executive at a prestigious think tank, at various business associations and commission, and at a Fortune 100 technology company. Esper is the recipient of multiple civilian and military awards, and currently sits on several public policy and business boards. Klappentext INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure while serving in the Trump administration. From June of 2019 until his firing by President Trump after the November 2020 election, Secretary Mark T. Esper led the Department of Defense through an unprecedented time in history?a period marked by growing threats and conflict abroad, a global pandemic unseen in a century, the greatest domestic unrest in two generations, and a White House seemingly bent on breaking accepted norms and conventions for political advantage. A Sacred Oath is Secretary Esper's unvarnished and candid memoir of those extraordinary and dangerous times, and includes events and moments never before told. Zusammenfassung INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper reveals the shocking details of his tumultuous tenure while serving in the Trump administration. From June of 2019 until his firing by President Trump after the November 2020 election, Secretary Mark T. Esper led the Department of Defense through an unprecedented time in history—a period marked by growing threats and conflict abroad, a global pandemic unseen in a century, the greatest domestic unrest in two generations, and a White House seemingly bent on breaking accepted norms and conventions for political advantage.  A Sacred Oath  is Secretary Esper’s unvarnished and candid memoir of those extraordinary and dangerous times, and includes events and moments never before told. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mark T Esper, Mark T. Esper
• Edition: Harper Collins Usa
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 10.05.2022
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique
• EAN: 9780063259850
• ISBN: 978-0-06-325985-0
• Nombre de pages: 1 040
• Dimensions (emballage): 15,2 x 22,9 x 5,5 cm
• Thème: Large Type Edition
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