Author(s): Mark T. Esper (Contribution by)

Biography/Memoir

A graduate of West Point, Mark Esper has always lived by the principles of Duty, Honor, and Country. For eighteen months while he served as secretary of defense under President Donald Trump, those ideals were put to the test. Esper takes readers behind the scenes during dramatic moments in the Trump administration as he worked to shore up the United States' shaky relationships with its allies -all while facing a global pandemic that threatened America's military readiness, nationwide unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd, and a White House determined to politicize the armed forces. Unvarnished and extraordinary in its candor, A Sacred Oath is a memoir critical to understanding this tumultuous period in American history.