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Title Inside the Five-Sided Box : Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon
Author Carter, Ash
Binding Hardback
Condition Used - Good
Pages 480
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
Illustrated Yes
Bookseller's Inventory # 18354668-6
ISBN 9781524743918 / 1524743917
Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1.7 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 4.32 cm)
Category Biography / Autobiography
Library of Congress subjects United States, United States - Officials and employees
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018060527
Dewey Decimal Code B
Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

The twenty-fifth Secretary of Defense takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it.

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs millions of Americans. It owns and operates more real estate, and spends more money, than any other entity. It manages the world's largest and most complex information network and performs more R&D than Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined. Most important, the policies it carries out, in war and peace, impact the security and freedom of billions of people around the globe.

Yet to most Americans, the dealings of the D.O.D. are a mystery, and the Pentagon nothing more than an opaque five-sided box that they regard with a mixture of awe and suspicion.

In this new book, former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter demystifies the Pentagon and sheds light on all that happens inside one of the nation's most iconic, and most closely guarded, buildings. Drawn from Carter's thirty-six years of leadership experience in the D.O.D., this is the essential book for understanding the challenge of defending America in a dangerous world--and imparting a trove of incisive lessons that can guide leaders in any complex organization.

In these times of great disruption and danger, the need for Ash Carter's authoritative and pragmatic account is more urgent than ever.

About the author

For over thirty-five years Ash Carter served in numerous jobs in the Department of Defense, mostly recently as the twenty-fifth Secretary of Defense under President Obama. He currently serves as the Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School. He also is an innovation fellow at MIT. A native of Philadelphia, he and his wife, Stephanie, have two grown children.

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