"Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait," by Midge Decter. Hardcover, 240 pages. Published by Regan Books. Author, editor Midge Decter sits on the board of the Center for Security Policy and enjoys the input of highly placed sources for her essays and reviews in distinguished periodicals such as Harper’s, but it is her long acquaintance with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that provides the rich texture to “Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait.” Given unprecedented access to Rumsfeld, his family, friends and colleagues, Decter provides the reader a look behind the scenes at the man who, after President Bush, has emerged as the most...