Special Trust
"Special Trust" is a well-shaped, responsible and plausible  volume.  --Los Angeles Times, November 6, 94An absorbing, revealing, and sometimes searing account by a  dedicated public servant of his participation at the highest levels in  some of the most important and controversial policy events of our time.  --Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and Bush, August 10, 1994As a man of conscience...McFarlane has written not only a  touching personal memoir, but also an invaluable account of the  formulation of American foreign policy during the Reagan years.  --Senator Sam Nunn, Chairman, Senate Armed Forces Committee. August 15, 1994Robert C. McFarlane's Special Trust is more interesting, and  more convincing, than most [memoirs]. --New York Times, November 13, 1994This book greatly exceeded my expectation...With all of its rich  and vibrant detail...Special Trust has an electricity absent from other  accounts...  --Foreign Service Journal, January, 1995Yesterday I bought Special Trust and could not put it down until  I was completely finished...I was gripped from the very beginning.  --William F. Martin, former Deputy Secretary of Energy, for Pres. Bush, September 16, 1994[Special Trust] will stand as a classic of the genre and a  priceless contribution to the history of our times.   --John H. Taylor, Director of The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, September 19, 1994[Written] with clarity and without anger...Special Trust  illustrates the life and perceptions of a man who did his best to live  up to the special trust and confidence he swore to as a commissioned  officer of Marines...a must-read. --Marine Corps Gazette, March 1995