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 Intelligence Officer is an inspirational memoir that follows Gail Harris?s career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective asshe completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics. This book also looks at the way intelligence is used and misused in these perilous times.
A Woman?s War Ebook
The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy?s First African American Female Intelligence Officer
By: Gail Harris
Publisher:
Scarecrow Press
Print ISBN: 9780810867932, 0810867931
eText ISBN: 9780810871007, 0810871009
Format: PDF
Available from $ 20.97 USD
SKU: 9780810871007R120
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