Description
First edition of From the Shadows, signed by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.
Octavo, [2], 604pp, [1]. Yellow paper boards, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. The first printing with full number line on the copyright page. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $30.00 retail price on front flap, a fine example.
Signed by Robert M. Gates on the title page, dated “5-6-96.”
Robert M. Gates wrote From the Shadows in 1996, shortly after his service as the director of the CIA. In 2002, he became president of Texas A&M University, but in 2006, President George W. Bush asked him to replace Donald Rumsfeld as the Secretary of Defense. In 2008, President-elect Barack Obama asked Gates to stay on as Secretary, making him the only Secretary of Defense to serve two presidents of different parties. He retired in 2011 after the successful raid on the compound of Osama Bin Laden.
