Known and Unknown: A Memoir

1164 Pages·2011·8.11 MB·English

by  Donald Rumsfeld

Known and Unknown
Donald Rumsfeld
Known and Unknown
A MEMOIR
SENTINEL
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
Smiling Death
CHAPTER 1
Into the Swamp
CHAPTER 2
PART II
An American, Chicago Born
The Last of Spring
CHAPTER 3
The Longest of Long Shots
CHAPTER 4
PART III
The U.S. Congress: From Camelot to Quagmire
“Here, Sir, the People Govern”
CHAPTER 5
Young Turks
CHAPTER 6
PART IV
In Nixon’s Arena
1968: Year of Turmoil
CHAPTER 7
The Job That Couldn’t Be Done
CHAPTER 8
Counsellor
CHAPTER 9
NATO and Nixon’s Fall
CHAPTER 10
PART V
Javelin Catcher: Inside the Ford White House
Restoring Trust
CHAPTER 11
A Rocky Start
CHAPTER 12
An Agonizing Reappraisal
CHAPTER 13
PART VI
Fighting the Cold War
Unfinished Business
CHAPTER 14
Turning On the Lights
CHAPTER 15
Hold the SALT: Tension over Détente
CHAPTER 16
The 1976 Defeat
CHAPTER 17
PART VII
Back to Reality
Searle’s Sweet Success
CHAPTER 18
From Malaise to Morning in America
CHAPTER 19
Our Rural Period, Interrupted
CHAPTER 20
PART VIII
Leaning Forward
Here We Go Again
CHAPTER 21
Dogs Don’t Bark at Parked Cars
CHAPTER 22
Bears in the Woods
CHAPTER 23
The National Security Council
CHAPTER 24
The Agony of Surprise
CHAPTER 25
War President
CHAPTER 26
PART IX
Into the Graveyard of Empires
Special Operations
CHAPTER 27
Little Birds in a Nest
CHAPTER 28