Overview

Few Americans have spent more time near the center of power than Donald Rumsfeld, whose widely commented-on memoir offers many previously undisclosed details about his service with four U.S. presidents. We follow his rise from a middle-class childhood to the Navy to a seat in the U.S. Congress at age thirty, and his experiences there during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights era. We also get his unique perspective as a cabinet-level member of the Nixon and Ford administrations, as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies, and as a special envoy to the Middle East for President Reagan.   Rumsfeld also addresses the challenges and controversies of his time as Secretary of Defense during the 9/11 attacks by al-Qaida and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He includes candid observations on the differences of views within the Pentagon and with other members of President George W. Bush's National Security Council.   In a famous press briefing, Rumsfeld once said that There are also unknown unknowns . . . things we do not know we don't know. His book makes us realize just how much we didn't know.

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Author:   Donald Rumsfeld
Publisher:   Sentinel
Imprint:   Sentinel
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.995kg
ISBN:  

9781595230843

ISBN 10:   159523084
Pages:   832
Publication Date:   29 May 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Many people either admire or loathe Mr. Rumsfeld, but both camps can credit him with having produced, across print and digital, the first political memoir of the Information age. <br> -Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2011 <br> I'm rereading portions of Known and Unknown. I've read it through the first time, and now I'm using it like a reference book for history. <br> -Greta van Susteren, Fox News, March 23, 2011 <br> Don Rumsfeld creates an entertaining masterpiece...In short, this work cannot be recommended too highly. It is a unique portrait of a half-century of American Government from the inside out. <br> -Stephen Laib, The Intellectual Conservative, March 8, 2011 <br> An insider's view. <br> -Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, March 1, 2011 <br> Those who believe in what I would call the accepted Iraq narrative...will either have to produce commensurate written texts that substantiate these assertions or prove that Rumsfeld's amp

A serious stab at telling the history of a consequential period in America through the eyes of one of its most consequential players. <b> PETER BAKER, <i>The New York Times </i></b> I don t care whether you re . . . a liberal or a conservative or something else: If you re interested in this period of history, the book is a total feast. <b> JAY NORDLINGER, <i>National Review </i></b> A meaty, well-written book that will be a primary source for historians . . . This power memoir deserves to be read with the care that went into writing it. <b> CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY, <i>BusinessWeek</i></b>

Author Information

Donald Rumsfeld was the 13th and 21st U.S. Secretary of Defense. He currently chairs the Rumsfeld Foundation, which supports leadership and public service at home and the growth of free political and free economic systems abroad. The Rumsfeld Foundation funds microfinance development projects, fellowships for graduate students interested in public service, the development of young leaders from Central Asia and the Caucasus, and charitable causes that benefit the men and women of the U.S. armed forces and their families.

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