[ adj ] intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner <adj.all> an interfering old womanbustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself busy about other people's business
Meddlesome \Med"dle*some\, a. Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. -- {Med"dle*some*ness}, n.
There are precedents. Not that the book suggests somebody who hankers after high political office. On the contrary, Schwarzkopf betrays a healthy contempt for politics and politicians whom he appears to regard mostly as meddlesome fools.