| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 270 p.) |
| Series |
Scarecrow professional intelligence education series ; 10 |
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Scarecrow professional intelligence education ; 10.
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| 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 |
| 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. Her 28-year career included hands on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to Desert Storm to Kosovo, and most recently at the forefront of one of the Department of Defense's newest challenges: Cyber Warfare. At her retirement, she was the highest ranking African American female in the Navy. A Woman'sWar: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intell |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| 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 |
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English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Harris, Gail, 1949-
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Harris, Gail, 1949- -- Travel
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United States. Navy -- Intelligence specialists -- Biography
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United States. Navy -- African Americans -- Biography
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United States. Navy -- Women -- Biography
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Navy fast |
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Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
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Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
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African American women -- Biography
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Military intelligence -- United States.
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African American women
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Armed Forces -- African Americans
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Armed Forces -- Intelligence specialists
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Armed Forces -- Women
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Intelligence officers
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Military intelligence
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Travel
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Women intelligence officers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McLaughlin, Pam (Pamela J.)
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| LC no. |
2021679344 |
| ISBN |
9780810871007 |
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0810871009 |
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1282561928 |
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9781282561922 |
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9786612561924 |
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6612561920 |
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