03355nam 2200661 a 450 991045885010332120210823215639.097808108710070810871009(CKB)2560000000016785(EBL)500845(OCoLC)647927789(SSID)ssj0000431299(PQKBManifestationID)12104447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431299(PQKBWorkID)10474418(PQKB)11715062(MiAaPQ)EBC500845(Au-PeEL)EBL500845(CaPaEBR)ebr10386412(CaONFJC)MIL256192(EXLCZ)99256000000001678520090805d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA woman's war[electronic resource] the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer /Gail Harris ; with Pam McLaughlinLanham Scarecrow Press20101 online resource (285 p.)Scarecrow professional intelligence education series ;10Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-6793-1 Includes bibliographical references.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.When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Harris's memoir, A Woman's War, follows her 28-year career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics.Scarecrow professional intelligence education ;10.Women intelligence officersUnited StatesBiographyIntelligence officersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American womenBiographyMilitary intelligenceUnited StatesElectronic books.Women intelligence officersIntelligence officersAfrican American womenMilitary intelligence359.0092BHarris Gail1949-1038063McLaughlin Pam(Pamela J.)1038064MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458850103321A woman's war2459410UNINA