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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-10006314431X

ISBN-139780063144316

eBay Product ID (ePID)6057252920

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Book TitleSacred Oath : Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times

Number of Pages752 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, Personal Memoirs, Military / United States, Political, American Government / General, Military

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorMark T. Esper

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight33.4 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-275375

Dewey Edition23/eng/20220428

TitleLeadingA

ReviewsA Sacred Oath pulls no punches. It depicts Trump as unfit for office and a threat to democracy, a prisoner of wrath, impulse and appetite. Over 752 pages, Esper's Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times are surgically precise in their score-settling. This is not just another book to be tossed on the pyre of Trump-alumni revenge porn. It is scary and sobering.--The Guardian Mr. Esper details the all-consuming task of managing America's largest and most vital cabinet department--instructive reading for those unfamiliar with what operationalizing national security policy decisions involves. Time and again, he shows how presidential inattention, ignorance, incuriosity, duplicity and unwillingness to take responsibility for hard decisions all put the United States at risk....A Sacred Oath is not a gratuitous tell-all. It is a work of history. Mr. Esper has his perspectives, to which he is entitled, but his willingness to go on the record at length is invaluable. Look forward to the reaction from Mar-a-Lago.--Wall Street Journal A damning portrait of a chaotic, inept administration that posed countless dangers to the nation and the world.--Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Decimal355.6092 B

SynopsisINSTANT 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberE897.4.E874A3 2022