Known and Unknown: A Memoir 9781101502495, 9781595230676, 1101502495, 159523067X

Table of contents :
Lessons in terror --
An American, Chicago born --
The U.S. Congress: from Camelot to Quagmire --
In Nixon's arena --
Javelin catcher: inside the Ford White House --
Fighting the Cold War --
Back to reality --
Leaning forward --
Into the graveyard of empires --
Saddam's miscalculation --
The occupation of Iraq --
Wartime detention --
Pulling on our boots: challenges and controversies beyond the war zones --
The long, hard slog.

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