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A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service (signed)
by Gates, Robert M. (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- New condition/New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 030795949X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307959492
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2016. Boldly signed with a black sharpie by Robert M. Gates on a Boy Scouts of America label affixed to the first blank page after the front free endpaper (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Laid in is a brown leather bookmark commemorating the Thomas Monson Leadership Excellence Complex Groundbreaking Ceremony, June 15, 2016 in which Gates participated. Also laid-in is a photocopy with several examples of his signature for authentication. NEW in a NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO fading, creases, chips, or tears. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. "Robert Michael Gates... served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was originally appointed by president George W. Bush and was retained for service by President Barack Obama. Gates began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gates served for 26 years in the CIA and the National Security Council, and was Director of Central Intelligence under President George H. W. Bush. Gates was nominated by Republican president George W. Bush as Secretary of Defense two years after the 2004 election, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. He continued to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama's administration. He retired in 2011. Gates was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, by President Obama during his retirement ceremony. Since leaving the Obama Administration, Gates was elected president of the Boy Scouts of America, served as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, and served as a member on several corporate boards." - Wikipedia.. Signed by Robert M. Gates. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. (ii), 109pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service (signed)
- Author
- Gates, Robert M. (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 030795949X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307959492
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2016
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics / Government / International Relations;
- Size
- 8vo. (ii), 109pp
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