"A brilliant work of fiction about one of the most consequential figures of the last hundred years." Michael McKinley, Bestselling Author of Yardley's Ace: The Making and Breaking of American Intelligence. Lots of people know about Donald H. Rumsfeld, who bent the arc of history for more than fifty years. But only a handful actually knew him. The mysterious narrator of this book is one of them. The Trial of Donald H. Rumsfeld combines true source material from American history with dramatic fictional twists and turns. As the narrator details, Rummy (his lifelong nickname) made Congress at the tender age of 29. Then he worked in the Nixon administration, but was savvy enough to leave Washington and become the NATO Ambassador in Brussels right before the Watergate scandal exploded. When Jerry Ford became president in 1975 (after Nixon resigned) Rummy was his Chief of Staff before eventually becoming Secretary of Defense. After Ford lost to Jimmy Carter, Rummy promptly became CEO of the pharmaceutical giant G. D. Searle, where he became very rich. Then, years later, he ran the Pentagon again, and was Defense Secretary when the United States got attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001 and invaded Iraq in 2003. Not bad for an ambitious fellow like Rummy. But this was all just prelude to the real drama. A series of unfortunate events in 2005 led to Rummy becoming President of the United States. While the path there was twisted and scandalous, he made it to the top, like he always dreamed he would. His first order as Commander in Chief: invade Iran. It didn’t go well. Barack Obama came around a few years later and walloped him at the polls. Rummy had big plans for a second term that never came. But his story didn’t stop after leaving Washington. While his rise was stratospheric—from an unknown kid in the Chicago burbs to the President of the United States—his fall was historically steep. Rummy ultimately became the most prominent victim of Donald Trump’s presidential wrath. This novel is Rummy’s life story. The ups. The downs. The shock. The awe. The big parts—the parts that matter the most, to him and to the world. Much has been told before, in newspapers, classrooms, and biographies. But much is revealed here for the first time. It starts at the same place it ends: Rummy’s 2018 trial at the Hague for war crimes. How does the narrator fit in? In her (or his?) own words: “Let’s just say that I have a little bone to pick with Rummy, and shedding some light on his life isn’t just good for the world. It’s good for me, too.” And we learn at the end of the book that the narrator doesn’t just tell Rummy’s story; she or he plays a pivotal role in his downfall.