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Meet the Author: Gail Harris, the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer
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. A Woman's War: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer is an inspirational memoir that follows Gail Harris's 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. This book also looks at the way intelligence is used and misused in these perilous times.
Gail Harris’ 28-year career included hands’ on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to El Salvador to Desert Storm to Kosovo; and most recently work at the forefront of one of the Department of Defense’s newest challenges, Cyber Warfare. At the time of her retirement in 2001, Harris was the highest-ranking African American female in the Navy. Harris lives in Durango.
- Street:
- Maria's Bookshop
- Additional:
- 960 Main Ave.
- City:
- Durango ,
- Province:
- Colorado
- Postal Code:
- 81301
- Country:
- United States
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