Bibliograph

Known and unknown, a memoir, Donald Rumsfeld

Type

Label

Known and unknown, a memoir, Donald Rumsfeld

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Known and unknown

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

704941256

Responsibility statement

Donald Rumsfeld

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history

Table Of Contents

Lessons in terror -- An American, Chicago born -- The U.S. Congress: from Camelot to Quagmire -- In Nixon's arena -- Javelin catcher: inside the Ford White House -- Fighting the cold war -- Back to reality -- Leaning forward -- Into the graveyard of empires -- Saddam's miscalculation -- The occupation of Iraq -- Wartime detention -- Pulling on our boots: challenges and controversies beyond the war zones -- The long, hard slog

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