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A woman's war the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer /

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Main Author: Harris, Gail, 1949-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: McLaughlin, Pam (Pamela J.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
Series:Scarecrow professional intelligence education ; 10.
Subjects:
Harris, Gail, > 1949-
Harris, Gail, > 1949- > Travel.
United States. > Navy > Intelligence specialists > Biography.
United States. > Navy > African Americans > Biography.
United States. > Navy > Women > Biography.
Women intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Military intelligence > United States.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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