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In Retrospect; The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
by Robert S. McNamara
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812925238
- ISBN 13
- 9780812925234
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Times Books/Random House, 1995 Times Books/Random House, New York. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($27.50); bumping to tail and upper tips; light soiling to DJ. Deep Violet boards with deep violet cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. 414 pp 8vo. After 30 years, the man who brought you Vietnam comes out to explain the war and his role in it. This is the finest dissection ever written of America's stumble into Vietnam and how our "best and brightest" led us into tragedy and reveals what we can learn from their mistakes in order to reply to the post-Cold War world of the 21st Century. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013075
- Title
- In Retrospect; The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
- Author
- Robert S. McNamara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812925238
- ISBN 13
- 9780812925234
- Publisher
- Times Books/Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Vietnam War, Tet, Robert McNamara, SECDEF, Secretary of Defense, Hue, Ho Chi Min Trail, Agent Orange, President John Kennedy, President Lyndon Johnson, Cold War, Hanoi, Saigon, Dien Bien Phu, French Military, Gulf of Tonkin incident
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Cold War;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
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- Fine
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- Spine
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