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A woman's war : the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer / Gail Harris ; with Pam McLaughlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Gail, 1949-
- Series:
- Scarecrow professional intelligence education ; 10.
- Scarecrow professional intelligence education series ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harris, Gail, 1949-.
- Harris, Gail.
- Harris, Gail, 1949---Travel.
- United States. Navy--African Americans--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Navy--Intelligence specialists--Biography.
- United States. Navy--Women--Biography.
- United States. Navy.
- African American women--Biography.
- African American women.
- Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
- Intelligence officers.
- Military intelligence--United States.
- Military intelligence.
- Women intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
- Women intelligence officers.
- Armed Forces--African Americans.
- Armed Forces--Intelligence specialists.
- Armed Forces--Women.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- 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.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41611-1
- 979-82-16-21868-5
- 1-282-56192-8
- 9786612561924
- 0-8108-7100-9
- OCLC:
- 647927789
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