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Known and unknown : a memoir / Donald Rumsfeld.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 159523067X
  • ISBN: 9781595230676
  • Physical Description: xvi, 815 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Sentinel, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Lessons in terror -- An American, Chicago born -- The U.S. Congress: from Camelot to quaqmire -- 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.
Subject:
Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021.
United States. Department of Defense > Officials and employees > Biography.
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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