James Mccargar (28 results)

Condition: Good. 1ST. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1ST. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. intact and clean. Pages clean and binding sound. Many pages dog-earred. DJ intact and clean.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 438 pages. Illustrated. Slight cocking of spine. Comments from the dust jacket: "In Lost Victory, Colby argues that mistakes made in the Oval Office and the Pentagon, including support for the overthrow of President Ngo Din Diem, the decision to use massive military force, and the failure to develop a political strategy in the countryside, brought chaos to Vietnam and forfeited the support of the American people. Even today, most Americans believe the cause was hopeless. In fact, as Colby demonstrates, South Vietnam defeated the communist guerillas and threw back a massive North Vietnamese military assault in 1972, afater a half million U.S. troops had already been withdrawn.But by then it was too late. The American people had abandoned the cause of South Vietnam independence. Lacking support from the United States, the country fell to a second massive military assault. The victory of 1972 was lost in 1975.". Vietnam: a No-Win War.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Pages clean; binding tight; minor wear to covers. 265 pages. Size: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".

Condition: fair to good. 24 cm, 438, wraps, illus., maps, appendices, chronology, glossary, index, foxing to fore-edge, spine creased, cover and spine edges worn. The former Director of the CIA, who was involved in the Vietnam War for many of its 16 years, argues that the war could have been won except for blunders by the White House and the Pentagon.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Dell, NY, c.1988, 1st.prtg.this ed., paperbk., 265pp., G+ $.

hard cover. Condition: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood, hard cover ex-library book with dust jacket, no pocket, name in ink on bottom edge, 438 pages, sm4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 24 cm, 438 pages. Illustrations. Map. Endpaper maps. Appendices. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Small tear to lower edge rear DJ. Foxing to top edge. Rear hinge sprung. The former Director of the CIA, who was involved in the Vietnam War for many of its 16 years, argues that the war could have been won except for blunders by the White House and the Pentagon.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 24 cm. 438 pages. Illustrations. Map. Endpaper maps. Appendices. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Some creasing to DJ edges. William Egan Colby (January 4, 1920 - April 27, 1996) spent a career in intelligence for the United States, culminating in serving as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976. During World War II Colby served with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war he joined the Central Intelligence Agency. During the Vietnam War, Colby served as chief of station in Saigon, chief of the CIA's Far East Division, and head of the Civil Operations and Rural Development effort He oversaw the Phoenix Program. As Director of Central Intelligence, under intense pressure from the United States Congress and the media, adopted a policy of relative openness about U.S. intelligence activities to the Senate Church Committee and House Pike Committee. The former Director of the CIA, who was involved in the Vietnam War for many of its 16 years. Colby argued that the U.S.-RVN counterinsurgency campaign in Vietnam had succeeded by the early 1970s and that South Vietnam could have survived had the U.S. continued to provide support after the Paris Accords. Though the topic remains open and controversial, some recent scholarship, including by Lewis "Bob" Sorley, supports Colby's arguments. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Fine. Large, heavy book, black covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, maps of Vietnam inside covers and adjacent end papers, 438 pages, glossy photo section. DJ glossy beneath mylar, red with small color photo of Colby on front left,praise at top front from Henry Kissinger. DJ wrinkled lightly at bottom back right. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. No edition or printing statement. Signed by the author on the half-title page: "Bill Colby." Colby (1920-1996) headed the CIA from 1973-1976, under presidents Nixon and Ford. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends lightly bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $22.95); some edgewear; fading to the spine; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).…

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Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R240121040: 1992. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 363 pages - quelques cartes noir et blanc hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.

First Edition. Hardcover, no jacket. Most text in Hungarian with English summary at end.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. The pages are clean and tight. Cover is slightly faded. 58 pages.

Hardcover in dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Colby and McCargar on half title. Light foxing to edges, else fine in near fine dust jacket with sunned spine and foxing flaps top edges, in mylar cover. Signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 438, illus., endpaper maps, appendices, chronology, glossary, index, The former Director of the CIA, who was involved in the Vietnam War for many of its 16 years, argues that the war could have been won except for blunders by the White House and the Pentagon. Inscribed by William Colby on the ffep. Clean Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by the Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Author inscription to the FFEP o/w clean, unmarked with firm hinges, sharp corners. Edges age-toned. DJ has just nominal wear to extremities o/w VG+ condition. BP/Case/Vietnam. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. Bound report, 97 pp. plus annex. Book.