Known and unknown : a memoir
Title:
Known and unknown : a memoir
Author:
Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Sentinel, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xvi, 815 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.
Language:
English
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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ISBN:
9781595230676
Format :
Book
