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AUTHOR'S NOTE
1.
Thomas Schelling, foreword, in Roberta Wohlstetter,
Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision
(Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1962), p. viii.
2.
Carl von Clausewitz,
On War,
edited and translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984).
3.
Plato,
The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato,
translated by Benjamin Jowett (New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1909), pp. 7â8.
PART ONE
Lessons in Terror
1.
“rumsfeld handshake proves popular,”
Wall Street Journal,
September 8, 2006.
2.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, State Department cable, “Rumsfeld One-on-One Meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz,” December 21, 1983.
3.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, State Department cable, “Rumsfeld Mission: December 20 Meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,” December 21, 1983.
4.
George P. Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993), p. 238.
5.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, State Department cable, “Rumsfeld Mission: December 20 Meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,” December 21, 1983.
6.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, State Department cable, “Rumsfeld Mission: December 20 Meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,” December 21, 1983.
CHAPTER 1
Smiling Death
1.
Nicholas Blanford, “The Lasting Impact of 1983 Beirut Attack,”
Christian Science Monitor,
October 23, 2008.
2.
John Roberts, “Marine Barracks Bombing,”
CNN Presents,
CNN, August 13, 2006.
3.
Ronald Reagan,
An American Life: The Autobiography
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), p. 437.
4.
John Roberts, “Marine Barracks Bombing,”
CNN Presents,
CNN, August 13, 2006.
5.
Tom Clancy with General Carl Stiner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz,
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces
(New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2002), pp. 254â55.
6.
Ronald Reagan, remarks, “The Appointment of Donald Rumsfeld as Middle East Envoy,” November 3, 1983.
7.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, “The Swamp,” November 23, 1983.
8.
Ronald Reagan, remarks, “The Appointment of Donald Rumsfeld as Middle East Envoy,” November 3, 1983.
9.
Ronald Reagan, radio address, “The Situation in Lebanon,” December 10, 1983.
10.
Caspar Weinberger,
Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon
(New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1991), pp. 167â68.
11.
George H. W. Bush,
All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings
(New York: Scribner, 1999), pp. 330â31.
12.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, State Department cable, “Rumsfeld Mission: December 20 Meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,” December 21, 1983.
CHAPTER 2
Into the Swamp
1.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, “The Swamp,” November 23, 1983.
2.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, “The Swamp,” November 23, 1983.
3.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, “The Swamp,” November 23, 1983.
4.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, “The Swamp,” November 23, 1983.
5.
Tom Clancy with General Carl Stiner (Ret.) and Tony Koltz,
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces
(New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2002), pp. 235â36.
6.
U.S. Department of Defense,
Report of the DoD Commission on Beirut International Airport Terrorist Act, October 23, 1983
(Long Commission Report), December 20, 1983.
7.
Ronald Reagan, remarks and question-and-answer session with reporters, “On the Pentagon Report on the Security of United States Marines in Lebanon,” December 27, 1983.
8.
Ronald Reagan, remarks and question-and-answer session with reporters, “On the Pentagon Report on the Security of United States Marines in Lebanon,” December 27, 1983.
9.
John Roberts, “Marine Barracks Bombing,”
CNN Presents,
CNN, August 13, 2006.
10.
Saul Friedman, “Reagan Pressured,” Knight-Ridder News Service, January 4, 1984.
11.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, “The Swamp,” November 23, 1983.
12.
Margaret Thatcher,
The Downing Street Years
(New York: HarperCollins, 1993), p. 327.
13.
State Department cable, “Middle East Mission Meeting with Mrs. Thatcher,” January 20, 1984.
14.
Rumsfeld, “Lebanese Strategy,” undated.
15.
Ronald Reagan, radio address, “On the Budget deficit, Central America, and Lebanon,” February 4, 1984.
16.
Rumsfeld to Shultz, State Department cable, “Next Steps in Lebanon,” January 31, 1984.
17.
Lou Cannon,
President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime
(New York: Public Affairs, 2000), pp. 399â400.
18.
McFarlane to Rumsfeld, cable, “Implementation of NSDD-123,” February 4, 1984.
19.
Rumsfeld to American Embassy Beirut, State Department cable, “Rumsfeld Report, 2/8/84,” February 10, 1984.
20.
Ronald Reagan, “Statement on the Situation in Lebanon,” February 7, 1984.
21.
George P. Shultz,
Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State
(New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993), p. 231.
22.
Rick Hampson, “25 Years Later, Bombing in Beirut Still Resonates,”
USA Today,
October 15, 2008.
23.
Osama bin Laden, transcript of Al Jazeera tape, Reuters, October 29, 2004; Mohamad Bazzi, “âA Thousand New bin Ladens,'”
Newsday,
July 31, 2006.
24.
Rumsfeld, remarks, “On the Awarding of the George Catlett Marshall Medal,” October 17, 1984.
25.
George Shultz, address, “Terrorism and the Modern World,” New York, Park Avenue Synagogue, October 25, 1984.
PART TWO
An American, Chicago Born
1.
Saul Bellow,
The Adventures of Augie March
(New York: Knopf, 1995), p. 5.
2.
KTU radio broadcast, Honolulu, Hawaii, NBC Radio Blue Network (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, December 7, 1941), disk 21920, cut A2.
3.
Louis M. Lyons, “Kennedy Says Democracy All Done in Britain, Maybe Here; Pinch Coming in Loss of Trade,”
Boston Sunday Globe,
November 10, 1940.
4.
NBC radio broadcast (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, December 7, 1941), box C48-E41-85, disc 21918B, box C48-E41-85, cut A1; News flashes with Baukhage (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, December 7, 1941), box E41, disc 21930, cut A3.
5.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War,” December 8, 1941.
CHAPTER 3
The Last of Spring
1.
William Manchester,
The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932â1972
(New York: Bantam Books, 1975), p. 32.
2.
Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor,
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. DaleyâHis Battle for Chicago and the Nation
(Boston: Little, Brown, 2000), p. 55.
3.
Rumsfeld, “My Autobiography,” January 11, 1946.
4.
Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor,
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. DaleyâHis Battle for Chicago and the Nation
(Boston: Little, Brown, 2000), p. 14.
5.
Lincoln Steffens,
The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
(Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2005), p. 428.
6.
Jeannette Rumsfeld, letter to George Rumsfeld, November 14, 1944.
7.
George Rumsfeld, letter to Jeannette Rumsfeld, August 11, 1944.
8.
Jeannette Rumsfeld, letter to George Rumsfeld, October 17, 1944.
9.
Jeannette Rumsfeld, letter to George Rumsfeld, March 10, 1945.
10.
Donald Rumsfeld, letter to George Rumsfeld, March 11, 1945.
11.
George Rumsfeld, letter to Jeannette Rumsfeld, August 10, 1945.
12.
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, letter to George Rumsfeld, October 31, 1945.
13.
Rumsfeld, senior thesis, “The Steel Seizure Case of 1952 and Its Effects on Presidential Powers,” Princeton University, April 26, 1954.
14.
Adlai E. Stevenson, address at the Senior Class Banquet, Princeton Class of 1954, March 22, 1954.
CHAPTER 4
The Longest of Long Shots
1.
Donald Rumsfeld, letter to Jeannette Rumsfeld, March 16, 1962.
2.
Editorial, “Rumsfeld for Congress,”
Chicago Sun-Times,
January 27, 1962.
3.
Campaign advertisement, “Marion E. Burks for Congress,”
Evanston Review,
April 5, 1962.
4.
Richard T. Stout, “GOP's New StarâDonald Rumsfeld: Recent Political Unknown in Sweeping Win Over Burks,”
Chicago Daily News,
April 11, 1962.
5.
Robert L. Peabody,
The Ford-Halleck Minority Leadership Contest, 1965
(Rutgers: 1966), pp. 3â4.
PART THREE
The U.S. Congress: From Camelot to Quagmire
1.
Rumsfeld, “Draft of Comments on the briefing at The White House on Friday, February 25, 1966,” February 25, 1966.
2.
Congressman John Anderson, “Impressions of briefing held at The White House on February 25, 1966,” March 10, 1966.
3.
Rumsfeld, “Draft of Comments on the briefing at The White House on Friday, February 25, 1966,” February 25, 1966.
4.
Rumsfeld, “Draft of Comments on the briefing at The White House on Friday, February 25, 1966,” February 25, 1966.
5.
Rumsfeld, “Draft of Comments on the briefing at The White House on Friday, February 25, 1966,” February 25, 1966.
6.
Rumsfeld, “Draft of Comments on the briefing at The White House on Friday, February 25, 1966,” February 25, 1966.
7.
Rumsfeld voting record, “Southeast AsiaâH. J. Res. 1145, 88th Cong., 2d sess.,” August 7, 1964.
8.
Rumsfeld, “Draft of Comments on the briefing at The White House on Friday, February 25, 1966,” February 25, 1966.
CHAPTER 5
“Here, Sir, the People Govern”
1.
John F. Kennedy, “Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs,” May 25, 1961.
2.
Rumsfeld, “Space and the Cold War,”
Washington Report
, American Security Council, November 18, 1963.
3.
“Wernher von Braun: Rocket Man for War and Peace, Part 1,”
In Focus
, DW-TV Europa, October 4, 2007.
4.
“Wernher von Braun: Rocket Man for War and Peace, Part 1,”
In Focus
, DW-TV Europa, October 4, 2007.
5.
Rumsfeld, letter to Lowenstein, December 20, 1965.