The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War
by Hendrickson, Paul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0679427619
- ISBN 13
- 9780679427612
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Item Price
$50.00$37.50
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 427 pages. Illus., note on sources, selected bibliography, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled. Signed by the author. The author explores the early life and career of Robert McNamara, through his tenure as Secretary of Defense under Lyndon Johnson. He also tells the stories of five people whose lives were deeply affected by McNamara's role in overseeing the Vietnam War: an artist who tried to assassinate McNamara, a Marine scarred by battle in Vietnam, a Quaker who immolated himself in protest of the war, a nurse who endured a traumatic tour of duty in Vietnam, and a Vietnamese man who was enlisted to fight by the United States and was then left behind when the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55947
- Title
- The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War
- Author
- Hendrickson, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. Presumed First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679427619
- ISBN 13
- 9780679427612
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Robert S. McNamara, Vietnam War, James Farley, McGeorge Bundy, Ford Motor, Peggy Slaymaker, Wm. Westmoreland, Lyndon B. Johnson, Signed
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.