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 longtime Washington Post reporter who closely covered Rumsfeld's challenging tenure at the Pentagon, offers an insightful biography of a complex and immensely influential personality.

Author: Bradley Graham
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 06/22/2010
Pages: 832
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.10w x 2.15d
ISBN: 9781586487102


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/18/2010 pg. 24
New York Review of Books 12/19/2013 pg. 87
New York Review of Books 01/09/2014 pg. 65
New York Review of Books 02/06/2014 pg. 36

About the Author
Bradley Graham spent more than twenty-five years at the Washington Post in various reporting and editing assignments focused on military and foreign affairs.