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Like Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown pulls no punches. Along with the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush supervision, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and frequently shocking observations on eight generations of record: his encounters growing up during the Depressive disorder and World Conflict II, his time as a Naval aviator; his service in Congress starting at era 30; his cabinet-level positions in the Nixon and Ford White Properties; his assignments in the Reagan supervision; and his years as an effective business professional in the private sector. Rumsfeld addresses the problems and controversies of his illustrious job, from the unseating of the entrenched House Republican innovator in 1965, to aiding the Ford supervision steer the united states away from Watergate and Vietnam, to bruising fights over changing the armed service for the 21st century, to the battle in Iraq, to confronting misuse at Abu Ghraib and allegations of torture at Guantanamo Bay. Along the way, he offers his plainspoken, first-hand views and frequently humorous and shocking anecdotes about a few of the world's best-known characters, from Margaret Thatcher to Saddam Hussein, from Henry Kissinger to Colin Powell, from Elvis Presley to Dick Cheney, and each American president from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush. Rumsfeld depends not only on his ram but also on previously unreleased and lately declassified documents. A large number of internet pages of documents not yet seen by the general public will be made available on an accompanying website. Known and Mysterious gives both a remarkable narrative for today's listeners and an unprecedented source of information for tomorrow's historians. Donald Rumsfeld is donating his arises from sales of Known and Mysterious to armed service charities backed by the Rumsfeld Base.
