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Rumsfeld's wars : the arrogance of power / Dale R Herspring

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lawrence KS : University Press of Kansas, 2008Description: xxiv, 247 pISBN:
  • 0700615873 (hbk) :
  • 9780700615872 (hbk) :
Subject(s): Summary: Highly critical account of Donald Rumsfeld during his time in office as U.S. Secretary of Defence. Analyses why Rumsfeld's actual effect was so devastatingly bad when he seemed to be the right man for the job. The author states in the introduction "that this is a book about the politics of political-military decision making". In particular it considers the interactions between Rumsfeld and his close associates and the military leadership, and what happened when the former group tried to force their views on the military. Author is a former US Foreign Service officer and Navy captain.
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Book Defence Academy Library On-Shelf 956.7045 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available AUS-DON 23659-2001
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Highly critical account of Donald Rumsfeld during his time in office as U.S. Secretary of Defence. Analyses why Rumsfeld's actual effect was so devastatingly bad when he seemed to be the right man for the job. The author states in the introduction "that this is a book about the politics of political-military decision making". In particular it considers the interactions between Rumsfeld and his close associates and the military leadership, and what happened when the former group tried to force their views on the military. Author is a former US Foreign Service officer and Navy captain.

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