Description
Signed first edition of From the Shadows by Robert M. Gates, with “Director of Central Intelligence” inscription.
Octavo, 604pp. Hardcover, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Publisher’s dust jacket, $30.00 retail price on front flap, touch of wear from handling at top edge of spine, light shelf wear, an excellent example. Signed by Robert M. Gates on the title page, with “Director of Central Intelligence” title below signature.
Robert M. Gates wrote From the Shadows in 1996, shortly after finishing 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.
