Once called "Washington's ultimate survivor" by The Washington Post, Frank C. Carlucci III served six presidents, traveled across the world on behalf of his country, and ultimately rose to prominence as secretary of defense. Through every era of his extraordinary and varied career, there was a common refrain: "Get Me Carlucci!"

Get Me Carlucci combines Carlucci's own words with interviews from his contemporaries and context from his daughter, Kristin Carlucci Weed, who completes her late father's story while keeping his "characteristic deadpan humor and tell-it-like-it-is sensibility, no frills and no fuss."

Starting with Carlucci's childhood and moving to his pivotal roles in the Congo Crisis of the 1960s and the Portugal's transition to democracy in the 1970s, Get Me Carlucci offers a unique look at the life of one of America's most important behind-the-scenes actors. While Carlucci was not a seeker of the spotlight, his work shaped the world and his time as secretary of defense defined American Cold War policy.

"The president thought the world of him," said Carlucci's friend and mentee Colin Powell. "I thought the world of him." Now read Frank Carlucci's story in his own words.

About the Author
Frank C. Carlucci III was an American politician and diplomat. A graduate of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Carlucci served as ambassador to Portugal in the tumultuous 1970s and held roles in a number of public offices, including at the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Central Intelligence Agency. As President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state from 1987 to 1989, Carlucci helped define America's Cold War policy. In private enterprise, he was chairman of the Carlyle Group from 1992 to 2003. He completed his work on Get Me Carlucci before his death in 2018.

Kristin Carlucci Weed grew up in McLean, Virginia as the daughter of former Secretary of Defense Frank C. Carlucci. Weed attended Duke University and Johns Hopkins University, focusing on international affairs and public policy. After working in policy research in the US and in Europe, she returned to the leafy suburbs of Washington, DC, where she settled with her US Air Force husband in 2020. When she is not driving one of her three children to their activities, she can be found on the tennis court or on a globetrotting adventure. Get Me Carlucci is her first book.


Book Information
ISBN 9781633310834
Author Kristin Carlucci Weed
Format Hardback
Page Count 250
Imprint Disruption Books
Publisher Disruption Books
Weight(grams) 498g