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Title: Rumsfeld's War: The Untold Story of America's Anti-Terrorist Commander by Rowan Scarborough ISBN: 0-89526-069-7 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.65 (20 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Really good, but Rise of the Vulcans is better.
Comment: Don't get me wrong, I really liked this Rumsfeld's War. The author obviously had the full cooperation of Don Rumsfeld in the writing of this book (including obtaining a classified threat analysis report, which is reproduced in the Appendix -- fascinating!). There are great anecdotes about Rummy that really give good insight into his personality, e.g. the fact that he still plays squash with the old "hard" balls, and on the court regularly bests men half his age. That said, if you could only purchase one book on Rumsfeld, I would recommend Jim Mann's "Rise of the Vulcans", which is more comprehensive, reflective, and objective. I would say that "Rumsfeld's War" is for fans of Rummy, but "Vulcans" is for serious students of the War on Terror.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rumsfeld vs. the Terrorists
Comment: Thank you President Bush for the intuitive wisdom of bringing Don Rumsfeld back to run the Pentagon. After September 11, the War on Terrorism began when Secretary Rumsfeld advised President Bush that that "this was war, not a criminal act". How refreshing to know that serving legal papers on the terrorists was no longer going to suffice, as was the case in the Clinton regime. Rowan Scarborough's book puts the War on Terrorism in the proper historical perspective. It is a "hard,long slog" and we're fortunate enough to have people in charge that understand that. We are also fortunate enough to have journalists such as Rowan Scarborough to write about this. This book also contains quite a bit of previously classified material that will advance one's appreciation for what our military is doing for us. It's not on the front page of the newspapers. This book deserves a wide readership. It's an important contribution to the literature explaining the prosecution of the War on Terrorism.
Rating: 3
Summary: Ehh... comes up short
Comment: Although the interworkings of the Pentagon are an intriguing subject these days, I found this book to be somewhat dissapointing. The analysis is somewhat skimpy with only broad associations drawing together all of the evidence. Provides a glimpse into Rumsfeld's leadership style, and how people inside the Pentagon have reacted to it, but not very thorough. Sometimes I got the impression that the book's purpose was simply to show off how much sexy classified stuff the author could find, and not all of it backed up the books thesis, which I THINK is that Rummy is the right leader at the right time. Recommend Plan of Attack instead because it is more thorough and broad.
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Title: Deliver Us from Evil : Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism by Sean Hannity ISBN: 0060582510 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror by Richard Miniter ISBN: 0895260743 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror by DAVID FRUM, RICHARD PERLE ISBN: 1400061946 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Bush Country : How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane by John Podhoretz ISBN: 0312324723 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 23 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror by Thomas McInerney, Paul E. Vallely ISBN: 0895260662 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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