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Author:
Harris, Gail, 1949-
Title:
A woman's war : the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer / Gail Harris ; with Pam McLaughlin.
Publisher:
Scarecrow Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
xiv, 270 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Harris, Gail,--1949-
Harris, Gail,--1949---Travel.
United States.--Navy--Intelligence specialists--Biography.
United States.--Navy--African Americans--Biography.
United States.--Navy--Women--Biography.
Women intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
Military intelligence--United States.
Other Authors:
McLaughlin, Pam (Pamela J.)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Editor's foreword / Jan Goldman -- Introduction: We're all battling someone or something -- In the beginning, a dream -- First assignment : a magnificent obsession -- Persistence : the key to success -- Faith -- So I'm fat, at least my uniform fits : my personal battle of the bulge -- You're going to lose a few battles, focus on winning the war -- Living in foreign lands : stuff they don't tell you in the travel books -- What if you're the problem? -- The importance of mentors -- Is being single the worst thing that can happen to you? -- Bloom where you're planted, or, How I became an Iraqi expert -- The forgotten Iraq War, 1991-2003 -- Rivers in the desert -- Cyber warfare : a new form of terror -- Conclusion: Reflections of a retired Black woman.
Series:
Scarecrow professional intelligence education series ; 10
ISBN:
0810871009 (eBook)
9780810871007 (eBook)
0810867931 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780810867932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)430344628
LCCN:
2009032126
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

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