Rumsfeld's Wars: The Arrogance of Power

by Dale R. Herspring

Book Overview

Not since Robert McNamara has a secretary of defense been so hated by the military and derided by the public, yet played such a critical role in national security policy--with such disastrous results.

Donald Rumsfeld was a natural for secretary of defense, a position he'd already occupied once before. He was smart. He worked hard. He was skeptical of the status quo in military affairs and dedicated to high-tech innovations. He seemed the right...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615873
• ISBN13: 9780700615872
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"