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.
"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 "The book places the
reader in Rumsfeld's chair and is a serious stab at telling the
history of a consequential period in America through the eyes of
one of its most consequential players. It will be an important
addition to the history of our time."
-Peter Baker (New York Times White House correspondent)/Foreign
Policy/2/9/2011 Rumsfeld "describes the highs and lows of a long
and dramatic career and discloses some behind the scenes details
that may shock you."
-Sean Hannity (interview transcript)/2/9/2011 "Known and Unknown is
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/2/10/2011 "'Dismissive' is a word
often used to describe Rumsfeld, but 'dismissive' perfectly
describes his critics, who are unwilling or unable to re-examine
their own assumptions in the light of new or overlooked information
and fresh perspective provided by Rumsfeld, in his exceedingly
well-documented work. With its hundreds of annotations and
supplementary documents, Known and Unknown is a significant
contribution to the historical record. It is, as Rumsfeld once
noted about similar memoirs, 'only from one perspective, ' but it's
a unique and valuable perspective, a serious work that deserves
consideration by any serious student of recent history."
-Jamie McIntyre (former CNN Pentagon correspondent)/Line of
Departure/2/10/2011 "It is a terrific book...Let me tell you
something, it is absolutely fascinating. He's very blunt in talking
about people and issues and so forth, you'll really enjoy it, in my
humble opinion."
-Mark Levin (interview transcript)/2/10/2011
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