1. Rumsfeld, [No Subject], December 28, 2000.

2. Rumsfeld, [No Subject], December 28, 2000.

3. Rumsfeld, "Meeting with Secretary Bill Cohen and Don Rumsfeld," May 21, 2001.

4. Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man (New York: Free Press, 2006).

5. Dean Rusk, speech, American Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia, October 22, 1964, as reported in the Atlanta Constitution, October 23, 1964.

6. Rumsfeld, "Memorandum," May 31, 2001.

7. Editorial, "Invitation to an Arms Race," New York Times, June 20, 2001.

8. Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, “Nomination of Donald Rumsfeld to Be Secretary of Defense,” Washington, D.C., January 11, 2001.

9. Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, “Nomination of Donald Rumsfeld to Be Secretary of Defense,” Washington, D.C., January 11, 2001.

10. Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, “Nomination of Donald Rumsfeld to Be Secretary of Defense,” Washington, D.C., January 11, 2001.

11. Dick Cheney, remarks, "Swearing-in of the Secretary of Defense," Oval Office, the White House, Washington, D.C., January 26, 2001.