By His Own Rules: The Ambitions, Successes, and Ultimate Failures of Donald Rumsfeld
Autor Bradley Grahamen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 iun 2010
Once
considered
among
the
best
and
brightest
of
his
generation,
Donald
Rumsfeld
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,
controlling
Pentagon
leader
frequently
portrayed-or,
a
brilliant
visionary
caught
in
a
whirl
of
polarized
Washington
politics,
dysfunctional
federal
bureaucracy,
and
bad
luck?
Bradley
Graham,
a
longtimeWashington
Postreporter
who
closely
covered
Rumsfeld's
challenging
tenure
at
the
Pentagon,
offers
an
insightful
biography
of
a
complex
and
immensely
influential
personality.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781586487102
ISBN-10: 1586487108
Pagini: 832
Ilustrații: 16 pp. b/w photo insert on text
Dimensiuni: 143 x 229 x 57 mm
Greutate: 1.02 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1586487108
Pagini: 832
Ilustrații: 16 pp. b/w photo insert on text
Dimensiuni: 143 x 229 x 57 mm
Greutate: 1.02 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
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Notă biografică
Bradley
Grahamspent
more
than
twenty-five
years
atThe
Washington
Postin
various
reporting
and
editing
assignments
focused
on
military
and
foreign
affairs.
Recenzii
The
Washington
Post
"In this meticulously researched and compelling book, veteranWashington Postreporter Bradley Graham acknowledges these contributors to the national-security travails of the Bush years, but he highlights another as well: the secretary of defense's unwavering commitment to military transformation, his vision of a leaner, more lethal Department of Defense."
Politico
"Donald Rumsfeld has been excoriated by both Democrats and Republicans for his handling of the Iraq war. This biography reveals a more nuanced picture than the conventional wisdom would suggest."
Jamie Fly, executive director of The Foreign Policy Initiative
"Washington Postreporter Bradley Graham chronicles the full span of Rumsfeld's remarkable career in a surprisingly balanced and fair new biography...Graham does an excellent job of tracing the man's meteoric rise in Washington, relaying insights from friends and associates about the famed Rumsfeld management style, which some call one of his biggest faults."
Thomas E. Ricks, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author ofThe GambleandFiasco
"Donald Rumsfeld is one of the most interesting and troubling figures of the Bush era, and Bradley Graham is the perfect writer to explore his reign at the Pentagon. Graham, a veteran military reporter, is scrupulously fair in weighing Rumsfeld's strengths and weaknesses. This is likely to be the definitive book on Rumsfeld, one that historians will turn to a century from now."
LA Times
"Among the handful of books likely to stand above mere topicality....What's particularly remarkable about the qualities Graham brings to this project is the extraordinary fair-mindedness with which he approaches his subject. He does not stint on analysis, but Rumsfeld's considerable virtues--flawless integrity and an unshakable lifelong commitment to civil rights, for example--are treated right alongside his overweening flaws: arrogance, a bullying intellect, tireless self-promotion. The result is an engrossing biography; its thorough, capacious reporting leaves those value judgments not absolutely required by the weight of evidence to the reader. There's a sturdy, old-fashioned quality to Graham's approach to his subject and this material, and the match works brilliantly. This is, in other words, a major--and highly important--American political biography.
"In this meticulously researched and compelling book, veteranWashington Postreporter Bradley Graham acknowledges these contributors to the national-security travails of the Bush years, but he highlights another as well: the secretary of defense's unwavering commitment to military transformation, his vision of a leaner, more lethal Department of Defense."
Politico
"Donald Rumsfeld has been excoriated by both Democrats and Republicans for his handling of the Iraq war. This biography reveals a more nuanced picture than the conventional wisdom would suggest."
Jamie Fly, executive director of The Foreign Policy Initiative
"Washington Postreporter Bradley Graham chronicles the full span of Rumsfeld's remarkable career in a surprisingly balanced and fair new biography...Graham does an excellent job of tracing the man's meteoric rise in Washington, relaying insights from friends and associates about the famed Rumsfeld management style, which some call one of his biggest faults."
Thomas E. Ricks, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author ofThe GambleandFiasco
"Donald Rumsfeld is one of the most interesting and troubling figures of the Bush era, and Bradley Graham is the perfect writer to explore his reign at the Pentagon. Graham, a veteran military reporter, is scrupulously fair in weighing Rumsfeld's strengths and weaknesses. This is likely to be the definitive book on Rumsfeld, one that historians will turn to a century from now."
LA Times
"Among the handful of books likely to stand above mere topicality....What's particularly remarkable about the qualities Graham brings to this project is the extraordinary fair-mindedness with which he approaches his subject. He does not stint on analysis, but Rumsfeld's considerable virtues--flawless integrity and an unshakable lifelong commitment to civil rights, for example--are treated right alongside his overweening flaws: arrogance, a bullying intellect, tireless self-promotion. The result is an engrossing biography; its thorough, capacious reporting leaves those value judgments not absolutely required by the weight of evidence to the reader. There's a sturdy, old-fashioned quality to Graham's approach to his subject and this material, and the match works brilliantly. This is, in other words, a major--and highly important--American political biography.