Known and Unknown_ A Memoir - Donald Rumsfeld [0]
Donald Rumsfeld
Known and Unknown
A MEMOIR
SENTINEL
SENTINEL
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First published in 2011 by Sentinel,
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Map illustrations by Jeffrey L. Ward
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-
Known and unknown: a memoir / Donald Rumsfeld.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-1-101-50249-5
1. Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932- 2. Cabinet officers—United States—Biography. 3. United States. Dept. of Defense—Official and employees—Biography. 4. United States—Politics and government—1945–1989. 5. United States—Politics and government—1989–6. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 7. Iraq War, 2003- I. Title.
E840.8.R84A3 2011
352.293092—dc22
[B]
2010042050
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To Joyce
“What one needs in life are the pessimism of intelligence and the optimism of will.”
—former Belgian ambassador to NATO and dean of the North Atlantic Council, André de Staercke, as quoted in Rumsfeld’s Rules*
Contents
Author’s Note
PART I
Lessons in Terror
CHAPTER 1 Smiling Death
CHAPTER 2 Into the Swamp
PART II
An American, Chicago Born
CHAPTER 3 The Last of Spring
CHAPTER 4 The Longest of Long Shots
PART III
The U.S. Congress: From Camelot to Quagmire
CHAPTER 5 “Here, Sir, the People Govern”
CHAPTER 6 Young Turks
PART IV
In Nixon’s Arena
CHAPTER 7 1968: Year of Turmoil
CHAPTER 8 The Job That Couldn’t Be Done
CHAPTER 9 Counsellor
CHAPTER 10 NATO and Nixon’s Fall
PART V
Javelin Catcher: Inside the Ford White House
CHAPTER 11 Restoring Trust
CHAPTER 12 A Rocky Start
CHAPTER 13 An Agonizing Reappraisal
PART VI
Fighting the Cold War
CHAPTER 14 Unfinished Business
CHAPTER 15 Turning On the Lights
CHAPTER 16 Hold the SALT: Tension over Détente
CHAPTER 17 The 1976 Defeat
PART VII
Back to Reality
CHAPTER 18 Searle’s Sweet Success
CHAPTER 19 From Malaise to Morning in America
CHAPTER 20 Our Rural Period, Interrupted
PART VIII
Leaning Forward
CHAPTER 21 Here We Go Again
CHAPTER 22 Dogs Don’t Bark at Parked Cars
CHAPTER 23 Bears in the Woods
CHAPTER 24 The National