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Known and unknown : a memoir / Donald Rumsfeld.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Sentinel, 2011Description: xvi, 815 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781595230676 (hbk)
  • 159523067X (hbk)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E840.8.R84 A3 2011
Contents:
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.
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة E840.8.R84 A3 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000101615
Book Book UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة E840.8.R84 A3 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available 30010000101617
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 739-791) and index.

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.

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.

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