Description
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. Harris's memoir, A Woman's War, follows her 28-year career as a naval intelligence officer, sharing her unique experience and perspective as she completed the complex task of providing intelligence support to military operations while also battling the status quo, office bullies, and politics.
Author: Gail Harris, Pam McLaughlin
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 01/01/2010
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.34w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780810867932
ISBN10: 0810867931
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | Military | Naval
- Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage
Author: Gail Harris, Pam McLaughlin
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 01/01/2010
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.34w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780810867932
ISBN10: 0810867931
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- History | Military | Naval
- Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage
About the Author
Gail Harris spent 28 years in the Navy working as an intelligence officer. Pam McLaughlin is a retired teacher and has been working since retirement as a ghost writer and copy editor.