Harris Gail. A Woman's War: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer

Scarecrow Press, 2010. — 285 p.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.