Nguyen Hung Jerrold Schecter (34 results)

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Condition: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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grey & black 1/2 cloth 8vo hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). endpaper maps. xiii+542p. 12 appendices. document reproductions. notes. interviews. selected reading. index. approx. 54 glossy b&w photo. illustrations. world history. american history. far east. indochina. vietnam war. politics. diplomacy. fall of south vietnam.nixon. kissinger. nguyen van thieu. assassination. christmas bombing. cambodia. cia. communist china. soviet union. gerald ford. laos. negroponte. big minh. paris agreement. saigon. viet cong. von marbod. watergate. gen wayand. zhou enlai.~ The Palace File tells the story, for the first time from inside the South Vietnamese government, of the last desperate years of the war as seen through the eyes of one of President Nguyen Van Thieu's closest advisers. It includes more than thirty previously unpublished letters from Presidents Nixon and Ford to the South Vietnamese President that document a secret and repeated U.S. commitment to sustain South Vietnam after the Paris Peace Accords~a commitment that was never honored. The book is also supported by extensive research in published and unpublished materials, and by interviews with major American and Vietnamese figures who were involved in the events of the time, including Presidents Ford and Thieu, members of Thieu's cabinet and general staff, Kissinger, Haig, Laird, Schlesinger, Scowcroft and many other U.S. military, diplomatic and CIA personnel. The Palace File is full of such fascinating scenes, revelations and insights as Nixon's and Thieu's first official meeting on Midway in 1969, where the placement of Thieu's chair affected his feelings toward Kissinger ever after; the competition between Humphrey and Nixon for Thieu's support during the 1968 election campaign, and the roles played by John Mitchell and Anna Chennault; the strange fallacy in Nixon's and Kissinger's strategy in negotiating unilaterally with the North Vietnamese without including the South Vietnamese, and what the consequences were; the implications of Nixon's opening to China in 1971 to U.S. relations with South Vietnam; co~author Hung's desperate efforts in 1974 and 1975 to round up support in Washington for saving South Vietnam, and the reception he received from Senator Ted Kennedy, Melvin Laird, James Schlesinger, Robert McNamara, and many others; the tragi~comic visit to South Vietnam of the U.S. Congressional delegation in 1975, and how certain members~Bella Abzug, Paul McCloskey, Millicent Fenwick~were more interested in exposing and investigating the excesses and weaknesses in Thieu's regime than in helping it oppose the North Vietnamese violations of the Peace Accords. The Palace File is not a whitewash of Thieu and his government; it spares neither, citing the faults of both and crediting Thieu mainly for his clear~eyed distrust of North Vietnamese intentions and his tenacious opposition to all concessions in negotiating. What it provides is an intimate, inside account of the South Vietnamese~American relationship, a tale of misplaced trust and self~deception on a personal level, and great power politics and betrayal on the highest plane of statesmanship. It also raises fundamental questions about American promises not only to Thieu, but to twenty~four million Vietnamese who now live under Communist rule, and about the role of secret diplomacy in our democratic system. NGUYEN TIEN HUNG served as Special Assistant to President Nguyen Van Thieu and also as a Cabinet Minister during the last years of the Republic of South Vietnam. Just before the fall of Saigon he was sent to Washington to seek additional U.S. help, taking with h. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2 x 9.4 x 6.1 Inches; 542 pages.

Good plus or better, light general wear. First Printing hardbound Bottom corners lightly bumped. Lightly edgeworn, lightly rubbed jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harper & Row, 1986. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. Spotting along top of pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket; 3/4 gray paper over boards with gold lettering stamped on black cloth spine. Glossy illustrated DJ. Sewn binding. 542 pages, with b/w illustrations, facsimile documents, copious end notes, bibliography, index, endpaper maps. 1st Edition, 1st Printing (full number line), no remainder mark. CONDITION: Book NEAR FINE, binding square and tight, pages bright and unmarked; DJ NEAR FINE, faint shelf wear, not clipped, protected in a clear archival (Mylar) cover. CONTENT: The remarkable story of the secret letters from Nixon and Ford to the President of South Vietnam and the American promises that were never kept. > Guaranteed prompt shipment, secure packaging, and free tracking. …

Hardcover. Condition: Book fine, Dust jacket fine. dj. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Historic photos and documents throughout. 8vo. 549 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Dust jacket is mylar-protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 542 pp. With index, map endpapers, and b&w photos throughout. Dj shows some light edgewear and light rubbing, else a bright and clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor bumps and rubs at edges and corners of dust jacket and boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with very good, price clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket is bumped at top back edge. 542 pages with index plus 54 illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, xiv, [2], 542, [2] pages. Endpaper maps. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Interviews. Selected Readings. Index. Minor soiling on bottom edge. Nguy n Ti n H ng (also known as Gregory Tien Hung Nguyen) (born November 1, 1935) was Minister of Economic Development and Planning in the Republic of Vietnam and one of President Nguy n V n Thi u's closest advisers. As of 2010, he is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He was born in Thanh Hóa, Vietnam, in 1935. He worked as an economist in Africa with the International Monetary Fund from 1966 to 1969, before being appointed "special assistant" to President Thi u and Commissioner of Planning in 1973. He was named Minister of Economic Development and Planning on November 28, 1974. In an attempt to force President Richard Nixon to honor what he and President Thi u interpreted as promises of heavy American military aid should the war go badly, H ng made public a series of letters which Nixon had sent to Thi u in 1972 and 1973. With Jerrold L. Schecter, former White House correspondent and diplomatic editor of Time magazine, Nguy n wrote The Palace File in 1986, which published the Nixon-Thi u letters and provided additional insight on America's relationship with South Vietnam from his perspective. One reviewer said the book "provides significant new data on United States relations with South Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 and fresh insights into the character of Nguyen Van Thieu." Derived from a Kirkus review: A former advisor to South Vietnamese President Thieu and a former diplomatic editor of Time relate in dramatic style an aspect of American interactions with South Vietnam. The file consists of 31 letters written by Presidents Nixon and Ford to Thieu from 1971-75. The letters promise America's full diplomatic and military support to the South Vietnamese regime both before and after the signing of the Paris Accords. That this support never materialized, the authors argue, speaks loudly of the untrustworthiness of American diplomacy. What is more interesting here is their explication of the war from the South Vietnamese point-of-view, a rare look into the psyches of men and women caught up like pawns in a struggle finally determined by the interests of the superpowers involved. The authors finish their presentation with full reproductions of the letters. A fascinating, acerbic, and valuable account of international diplomacy at its darkest. …

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling. First Edition stated.; 9.40 X 6.60 X 1.90 inches; 542 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Foxing on top text block edge. Small damp stains on spine heel and rear panel bottom corner.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.