Known and unknown : a memoir / Donald Rumsfeld.

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.