LEADER 03318nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910820600003321 005 20240506040218.0 010 $a9780810871007 010 $a0810871009 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016785 035 $a(EBL)500845 035 $a(OCoLC)647927789 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12104447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10474418 035 $a(PQKB)11715062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC500845 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL500845 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386412 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL256192 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016785 100 $a20090805d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA woman's war $ethe professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer /$fGail Harris ; with Pam McLaughlin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham $cScarecrow Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 225 1 $aScarecrow professional intelligence education series ;$v10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8108-6793-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aEditor'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. 330 $aWhen Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Harris's memoir, A Woman's War, follows her 28-year career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics. 410 0$aScarecrow professional intelligence education ;$v10. 606 $aWomen intelligence officers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aIntelligence officers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American women$vBiography 606 $aMilitary intelligence$zUnited States 615 0$aWomen intelligence officers 615 0$aIntelligence officers 615 0$aAfrican American women 615 0$aMilitary intelligence 676 $a359.0092 676 $aB 700 $aHarris$b Gail$f1949-$01705754 701 $aMcLaughlin$b Pam$g(Pamela J.)$01705755 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820600003321 996 $aA woman's war$94092713 997 $aUNINA