A woman's war : the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer / / Gail Harris ; with Pam McLaughlin
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| Autore: |
Harris Gail <1949->
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| Titolo: |
A woman's war : the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer / / Gail Harris ; with Pam McLaughlin
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 359.0092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Women intelligence officers - United States |
| Intelligence officers - United States | |
| African American women | |
| Military intelligence - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
McLaughlinPam (Pamela J.)
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A woman's war |
| ISBN: | 9780810871007 |
| 0810871009 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820600003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Scarecrow professional intelligence education ; ; 10.