Here Rumsfeld details insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history.

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.