Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield  the Pentagon about America’s Most Dangerous Enemies

Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield the Pentagon about America’s Most Dangerous Enemies

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  • Create Date:2023-02-26 17:22:09
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Christopher C. Miller
  • ISBN:1546002448
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Summary

"This is an important book for the country。" -- Sean Hannity

President Trump's last secretary of defense shares harrowing stories of missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, gives an insider look at the tumultuous final days of the administration, and issues a stark warning about the readiness of the military under President Biden。

If you know one thing about Chris Miller, it's that he was President Donald Trump's final Secretary of Defense, elevated to that position in the days after the 2020 election。 If you know a second thing about Chris Miller, it's that he oversaw the U。S。 Armed Forces during one of the most controversial and tumultuous periods the military has experienced in decades, culminating in the shocking events at the U。S。 Capitol on January 6, 2021。 Yet Chris Miller is no political partisan。 On the contrary, Miller has spent his adult life in the crosshairs of America's most dangerous enemies--from Middle Eastern deserts to the bowels of U。S。 intelligence agencies--and emerged as one of the leading national security minds of his generation。

Needless to say, Chris Miller has stories to tell。 In Soldier Secretary, he reveals for the first time everything he saw--in a book that is candid, thought-provoking, and like that of no Secretary of Defense before him。 This book is not just the inside story of what happened during the Trump administration--it's the inside story of what happened to America, its military, and its institutions during the two decades after September 11, 2001。

Part badass, part iconoclast, Miller is an irreverent, heterodox, and always-fascinating thinker whose personal journey through war and the White House has led him to some shocking conclusions about the state of American power in 2021。 With a perspective that will surprise and interest both Republicans and Democrats, Miller argues for a radical rethinking of U。S。 national security strategy unlike anything since the creation of the joint armed forces in the 1980s。 He offers a roadmap for how the United States can win in the era of unrestricted warfare by shedding the bloated defense bureaucracy, bringing American forces home from endless conflicts, renewing our national unity, and beating China at its own game。
 
Miller is a true American warrior whose incredible journey from Iowa to Afghanistan to Iraq to the White House endeared him to the troops, prepared him for the unprecedented crisis of January 6, and left him deeply concerned about the future of our military and the future of our nation。

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Reviews

Alexander Tucci

Amazing book from an amazing SECDEF。

Christopher Hennen

Interesting read particularly for those of us having Pentagon staff experience。 War is, indeed, a racket with the military-industrial complex the chief beneficiary。

Thomas Lennek

READ THIS especially if you live outside the Washington Beltway。 Christopher Miller has written a fast moving combat memoir from a soldier who started at the bottom (loved the Military Police Private photos at Fort McClellan) and ended up as the Secretary of Defense。 This is not a biography - it covers a military career that had more than it's fair share of n0n-traditional Army assignments。 It was loaded with Special Operations and other types of operations that won't be mentioned here。 It has a READ THIS especially if you live outside the Washington Beltway。 Christopher Miller has written a fast moving combat memoir from a soldier who started at the bottom (loved the Military Police Private photos at Fort McClellan) and ended up as the Secretary of Defense。 This is not a biography - it covers a military career that had more than it's fair share of n0n-traditional Army assignments。 It was loaded with Special Operations and other types of operations that won't be mentioned here。 It has a distinct Special Operations slant。 Leadership gems applicable to military and civilian work are sprinkled throughout。 There is a full chapter on specific action items that could correct (fix) the polarized nature of America today。 If you want to know what happened in Washington, DC on 6 Jan 2021 from the Sec Def's perspective - that's in here too。 Miller's conclusion will be a surprise to many。 Be advised - names are named。 。。。more