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The Rumsfeld Way: Leadership Wisdom of a Battle-Hardened Maverick Audio Cassette – Audiobook

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Analyzes Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's leadership abilities and offers examples of his leadership techniques, style, and versatility.

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A.C. Sloan

What you should know about Donald Rumsfeld

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2020

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If you want to understand Rumsfeld prior to Abu Ghraib this book is essential reading. Published by McGraw Hill it echos of academic analysis and provides an objective look at Donald Rumsfeld through before going on the defensive for enhanced interrogation. It Also provides much needed insight from his contemporaries to give the reader a more holistic look at this controversial figure. I recommend pairing this with his book Rumsfelds Rules.

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Geoffrey Jason Cole

Don't waste your time.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 17, 2010

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The author finished the book in early 2002, therefore many of the controversial decisions Mr. Rumsfeld made are not discussed. Mr. Krames is an avid fan of the previous Defense Secretary which blinds his objectivity. He never interviews the employees that worked for the secretary in the public or private sectors. All of his ancedotes are taken from an elite group. The reader will not learn anything new about Mr. Rumsfeld's decision making.

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Publius

Disappointment

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 8, 2017

It seems like the author started with a few tenets of leadership than researched Rumsfeld to see what events in Rumsfeld life could be used to line up with the tenets.

Since the first printing came out less than a year after Rumsfeld found his mandate, the content lacks objectivity.

The writing was sub-par.

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John Elsegood

Running towards the smoke

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 26, 2003

This book is neither biography nor a historical work but rather an analysis of Donald Rumsfeld's leadership and management style in government and business.
It is an easy read with only 213 pages of text (or 244 pages with notes and index added) and has a useful and brief summary of the 'Rumsfeld Way' at the end of each chapter, ideal for a trainer conducting an in-house management training session.
Personally I have enormous respect for DR, although I imagine he wouldn't be an easy man to work for and it would possibly be easy to fall foul of him.
Yet there is no doubt he has always been the man 'running towards the smoke,' and not just on that fateful September 11 day when his Pentagon was in flames around him.
It was DR who came back to run the Ford Whitehouse after the trauma of Watergate and the destruction of the Nixon presidency; and it was the same man who accepted the challenge of a battling pharmaceutical company, GD Searle,that had racked up eight losing quarters before being turned around by the new CEO.
As the 13th and 21st US Defense Secretary, Rummy has the distinction of being both the youngest and oldest person to hold that great office.
It is doubtful if the US has ever had a better 'minister of war'-as borne testimony to by the highly successful American-led blitzkieg in the recent Iraqi war.
DR has become something of a cult figure with his straight talking, no-nonsense style. He is a man that relishes his job and is not interested in courting popularity, although at this late stage of his life he has attracted it, through sheer performance and his sense of humour.
At a press conference at the end of the recent war, an Afro-American major, asked him a question relating to early retirement benefits for Army personnel. Rummy had a field day answering that: "You are asking a 70 year old about early retirement?," the Defense Secretary said with mock horror and a wicked grin that reminded me of the cartoon character 'Whalesteeth' (in Chick Young's "Dagwood and Blondie" series), although his critics would probably refer to him as 'sharksteeth'.
That quip was vintage Rumsfeld and will obviously make the pages of later, and more complete, works on him ( Krames book was published early in 2002).
Indeed, books on Rummy will no doubt doubt be a growth industry by the time he steps down. How long that will be is anyone's guess, but current indications would indicate he may well go the full distance of a Bush presidency which would make him 76 at the close of two terms.
America and the world have been well served by this feisty warrior - and the subject, like the book, is certainly appreciated by this Australian.

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Mark L

Very practical book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2014

I'm a business owner/entrepreneur. I first read this book in 2002 when Rumsfeld was less than popular. I picked it up in the airport out of curiosity, and never expected I would find so many practical ideas that I could use within my business and in my career. I love the quotes from "Rumsfeld's Rules." After reading the WSJ article on them, you come to realize what an incredible and thoughtful leader he really is -- and someone I'd want on my team. He clearly understood the role he was asked to play, the responsibilities he held and the implications of his actions, and did his best to execute -- whether he was the Secretary of Defense or a CEO. This is an unknown little gem. Great book

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Insightful!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 14, 2004

Jeffrey Krames' biography of current U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is laced with leadership advice and built on databases and clips. This short book, at last, places Rumsfeld's long career into a coherent framework. Probably to hit a wartime deadline, Krames based the text primarily on work published about Rummy over a 40-year period, and not on independent research. In fact, a disclaimer says the book has no endorsement or authorization from Rumsfeld or anyone around him. In the 1970s, Rumsfeld published a long list of bland but entertaining aphorisms under the title, "Rumsfeld's Rules." Krames draws many of his leadership suggestions from that compilation. But the chronology about Rumsfeld's career dominates and fascinates. Rumsfeld is far more interesting than he seems, a much more potent and historic figure. For that reason, we recommend this book to corporate officers, journalists, news junkies, political operatives, disgruntled Saudis and all defense contractors.

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Steven R

A good explanation of the man.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 16, 2002

This book was a fairly easy read and explains the way Rumsfeld has chosen to lead and take chances throughout his career. He's the youngest man to be elected to the House of Representatives and the only man to serve as Secretary of Defense twice. Once you read this book you'll understand how he's achieved success in government and as the CEO of major corporations. It's worth the price of admission.

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Northern Light

Interesting book about an interesting person. Of course the ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 28, 2018

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Interesting book about an interesting person. Of course the author is totally partisan, but still interesting for those lacking knowledge about Rumsfeld.

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