Known and Unknown; A Memoir

Donald Rumsfeld

ISBN 10: 159523067X / ISBN 13: 9781595230676

Published by Sentinel, New York, NY, 2011

About this Item

Sentinel, New York. 2011. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($36.00); scant bumping to head, tail, and tips. Tan boards with blue overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and initials on the front board. 815 pp 8vo. The consummate Republican politician, Rumsfeld was working on Capitol Hill during the Eisenhower administration. He was a US Representative during the Kennedy and Johnson years and held key cabinet positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations one of which was SECDEF after Vietnam. He did special assignments for Reagan and came back as SECDEF under George W. Bush and continued through to the end of his Bush's terms managing terrorism and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a crucial book detailing what happened behind the scenes with Bush and his inner circle. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Known and Unknown; A Memoir
• Publisher: Sentinel, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159523067X
• ISBN 13: 9781595230676
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography
  • U.S. History/ Politics/ Presidental Matters
  • Middle East Affairs

About this title

Synopsis

Visit www.rumsfeld.com for more.

Discover the enhanced e-book edition of Known and Unknown offering an unprecedented reading experience for a memoir by a major public figure. For web-connected readers, it features more than 500 links to never-before-available original documents from Donald Rumsfeld's extensive personal archive. It includes State Department cables, correspondence, and memoranda on topics such as Vietnam, Watergate, the days following 9/11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and much more. Available in ePub and Adobe Reader.

Like Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown pulls no punches.

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: his experiences growing up during the Depression and World War II, his time as a Naval aviator; his service in Congress starting at age 30; his cabinet level positions in the Nixon and Ford White Houses; his assignments in the Reagan administration; and his years as a successful business executive in the private sector.

Rumsfeld addresses the challenges and controversies of his illustrious career, from the unseating of the entrenched House Republican leader in 1965, to helping the Ford administration steer the country away from Watergate and Vietnam, to bruising battles over transforming the military for the 21st century, to the war in Iraq, to confronting abuse at Abu Ghraib and allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay.

Along the way, he offers his plainspoken, first-hand views and often humorous and surprising anecdotes about some of the world's best known figures, from Margaret Thatcher to Saddam Hussein, from Henry Kissinger to Colin Powell, from Elvis Presley to Dick Cheney, and each American president from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush.

Rumsfeld relies not only on his memory but also on previously unreleased and recently declassified documents. Thousands of pages of documents not yet seen by the public will be made available on an accompanying website.

Known and Unknown delivers both a fascinating narrative for today's readers and an unprecedented resource for tomorrow's historians.

Proceeds from the sales of Known and Unknown will go to the veterans charities supported by the Rumsfeld Foundation.

About the Author

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.