A woman's war
Subtitle: the professional and personal journey of the Navy's first African American female intelligence officer
By: Gail Harris with Pam McLaughlin.
Contributors: McLaughlin, Pam.
Series: Scarecrow professional intelligence education series -- no. 10
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810867932; 9780810871007
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 America women -- Biography; Military intelligence -- United States
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Editor's foreword / by Jan Goldman; title: In the beginning, a dream; title: First assignment : a magnificent obsession; title: Persistence : the key to success; title: Faith; title: So I'm fat, at least my uniform fits; title: You're going to lose a few battles, focus on winning the war; title: Living in foreign lands : stuff they don't tell you in the travel books; title: What if you're the problem?; title: The importance of mentors; title: Is being single the worst thing that can happen to you?; title: Bloom where you're planted, or, How I became an Iraqi expert; title: The forgotten Iraq War, 1991-2003; title: Rivers in the desert; title: Cyber warfare, a new form of terror; title: Conclusion: Reflections of a retired Black woman.