Known and Unknown: A Memoir

Rumsfeld, Donald

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9780142428382: Known and Unknown: A Memoir

ISBN 10: 0142428388 ISBN 13: 9780142428382

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2011

Known and Unknown Abridged, 10 CDs, 12 hours Read by the author Like former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld himself, "Known and Unknown" pulls no punches. Full description

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"I would heartily recommend it. I don't think anybody could go buy a book written by anybody who has been more intimately involved, closer to power, for as many years, has been through as much, has known all of the power players as you have. It is amazing."
-Rush Limbaugh (interview transcript)/2/8/2001
"Readers might be appreciative to find themselves in possession of a serious memoir, more in keeping with the older Washington tradition of Dean Acheson or Henry Kissinger. As might the historians."
-Kimberly Strassel/"Wall Street Journal"/2/8/2011
"The battle is joined. After a long silence, Donald Rumsfeld opened both barrels Tuesday, releasing his memoir, "Known and Unknown" . Early leaks of the book's defiant take on his life, times, and conduct of the Iraq War drew howls from some of the targets of his score-settling...But Rumsfeld battles on, taking his unapologetic account to the public."
-John Barry/"Newsweek-The Daily Beast"/2/8/2011
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"Many people either admire or loathe Mr. Rumsfeld, but both camps can credit him with having produced, across print and digital, the first political memoir of the Information age."
-Gordon Crovitz, "The Wall Street Journal," April 4, 2011
"I'm rereading portions of "Known and Unknown." I've read it through the first time, and now I'm using it like a reference book for history."
-Greta van Susteren, Fox News, March 23, 2011
"Don Rumsfeld creates an entertaining masterpiece...In short, this work cannot be recommended too highly. It is a unique portrait of a half-century of American Government from the inside out."
-Stephen Laib, "The Intellectual Conservative," March 8, 2011
"An insider's view."
-Walter Pincus, "The Washington Post," March 1, 2011
"Those who believe in what I would call the accepted Iraq narrative...will either have to produce commensurate written texts that substantiate these assertions or prove that Rumsfeld's amp

"A serious stab at telling the history of a consequential period in America through the eyes of one of its most consequential players."
--PETER BAKER, "The New York Times "
"I don't care whether you're . . . a liberal or a conservative or something else: If you're interested in this period of history, the book is a total feast."
--JAY NORDLINGER, "National Review "
"A meaty, well-written book that will be a primary source for historians . . . This power memoir deserves to be read with the care that went into writing it."
--CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY, "BusinessWeek"

A serious stab at telling the history of a consequential period in America through the eyes of one of its most consequential players.
PETER BAKER, The New York Times
I don t care whether you re . . . a liberal or a conservative or something else: If you re interested in this period of history, the book is a total feast.
JAY NORDLINGER, National Review
A meaty, well-written book that will be a primary source for historians . . . This power memoir deserves to be read with the care that went into writing it.
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY, BusinessWeek"

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.

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