A new book details the long and storied career of Frank C. Carlucci III, a diplomat and Cold Warrior who served six U.S. presidents and became the first Italian-American Secretary of Defense.“Get Me Carlucci” tells his story using his own words, interviews with his contemporaries, and context from his daughter, Kristin Carlucci Weed.

“He was a humble man who never bothered with writing his own story. It was only late in his life, after much prodding from his family, that he wrote a short memoir down for his grandchildren,” Carlucci Weed said of her late father.