By his own rules : the ambitions, successes, and ultimate failures of Donald Rumsfeld / Bradley Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Bradley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021.

Rumsfeld, Donald.

United States. Department of Defense.

Cabinet officers--United States--Biography.

Cabinet officers.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Officials and employees--Biography.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 803 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, 2009.

Summary:

Once considered among the best and brightest of his generation, Donald Rumsfeld was exceptionally prepared by successful careers in politics and business to assume the Pentagon's top job in 2001. Yet six years later, he left office as the most controversial Defense Secretary since Robert McNamara, widely criticized for his management of the Iraq war and for his difficult relationships with Congress, administration colleagues, and military officers. Was he really the arrogant, errant, over-controlling Pentagon leader frequently portrayed--or as his supporters contend, a brilliant, hard-charging visionary caught in a whirl of polarized Washington politics, dysfunctional federal bureaucracy, and bad luck? Bradley Graham, a longtime Washington Post reporter who closely covered Rumsfeld's challenging tenure at the Pentagon, offers an insightful biography of a complex personality.--From publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 749-769) and index.

ISBN:

9781586484217

1586484214

OCLC:

294066464