With Brian Vandemark (14 results)

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good+ (in mylar). 7th Printing. Textblock is very clean and tight, b&w photographs and mapped end papers. All page edges are clean and sound. Black cloth spine, black paper boards. Unclipped dust jacket, faint shelf soiling or wear, in mylar. 414pp., including bibliographical references and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B&W Photographs/Mapped End Pages (illustrator). Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Type: Hardback Ninth Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. .Two 16 page Photographic sections. Maps on endpapers. Bound in black half cloth with gilt titles, black paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked. Tight, solid and square with sharp corners. Rough cut. Internals as new. Fine jacket not price-clipped. What Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, has to say about the Vietnam War and his role in it. He came to believe that the war was unwinnable. Outnumbered by those who wanted to continue fighting, he left the Johnson administration and his involvement in Vietnam behind, He refused any public comment on the war for almost three decades--until the publication of this book. This is a classic insider account of Vietnam policy making. xviii plus 414 pages with Appendix which includes a Personae Section. Chapter Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgments and Index. 9.6 x 6.5 inches. Times Books/Random House, New York, 1995.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in dust jacket. Eighth Printing. A retrospective on the lessons of Vietnam later seen in the fillm, _Fog of War_.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. "Like New. Clean, Tight and Neat. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (1995), 414pp, illus., slight rubbing to dj.

Hardbound Clothbinding. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. 1st Edition. 414 + xviii pp. Stated first edition! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Naomi Osnos & M. Kristen Bearse (Book Design); Lawrence Ratzkin (Jacket Design); Diana Walker (Author Photo); Yoichi R. Okamoto/LBJ Library Collection (Jacket Photo) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. a solid very good very good no better.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Third Printing of first edition. Book is clean and tight. Dust Jacket in protective cover. Bottom corners of front and back boards are bumped. 414 pages with index.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A very nice copy without flaw. 6 X9" 414 pages. 1.2 kg (may require extra postage.) As the Secretary of Defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, Robert S. McNamara helped lead America into Vietnam. When he eventually came to believe that the war was unwinnable, he was outnumbered by those who wanted to continue fighting. He left the Johnson administration and kept his silence for 30 years. This essential chapter in American history provides the answer as to why the Americans were led into this tragedy and also reveals what can be learned from these mistakes.…

NF/NF. 414 pp. First Edition. Candid reexamination of the errors in judgment made during the Vietnam era.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback copy. This edition with a new preface and appendix (115pp). xxii, 518 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Second Printing [stated]. xviii, 414 pages. Stamped and signed bookplate on fep. Endpaper maps. The Secretary of Defense for the Kennedy and Johnson administrations provides a perceptive and candid account of how--and why--America became involved in Vietnam, discussing his own activities and the legacy of decisions made during the 1960s. Robert S. McNamara was an influential and controversial American executive and public official who came to personify the technocratic approach to mid-century governance and warfare. He served as the secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968. He was appointed by President John F. Kennedy and continuing under Lyndon B. Johnson, McNamara became the longest-serving Defense Secretary in U.S. history. He revolutionized Pentagon management with data-driven systems but became the primary architect of American military escalation in the Vietnam War. Brian VanDeMark is an American historian, professor, and author specializing in 20th-century American foreign policy, military history, and the psychological blind spots of political leadership. Early in his career, VanDeMark established himself as a trusted researcher for major political figures. In addition to co-writing In Retrospect with McNamara, he served as the primary research assistant for legendary political advisor Clark Clifford's bestselling autobiography, Counsel to the President. In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam is a 1995 memoir by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. It is a controversial insider's account detailing the fatal misjudgments, flawed foreign policy assumptions, and hubris that led the United States into the devastating conflict in Southeast Asia. The book details eleven major misjudgments that McNamarawho served under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnsonacknowledges he and other U.S. leaders made during the escalation of the conflict. Key highlights from the book include: Misunderstanding the Enemy: U.S. policymakers viewed the Vietnam War through the rigid lens of the Cold War, mistakenly assuming North Vietnam was a puppet of Soviet or Chinese communist expansion, rather than recognizing it primarily as a nationalist movement. Flawed Assumptions: Leaders overestimated the effectiveness of bombing campaigns and failed to understand the limitations of conventional military force against an entrenched guerrilla insurgency. Lack of Communication: McNamara admits that top officials isolated themselves from historical and regional experts on Southeast Asia, ignoring vital warnings about the difficulties of winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Hiding the Truth: U.S. leadership frequently shielded the true costs and escalating nature of the war from the American public and Congress, which eroded institutional trust. Diane Walker (Author photograph) (illustrator). Signed.…

1st edition / 2nd printing hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 381pp., b/w plates, text ills., appendix, references, index, Signed by Robert S. McNamara (dec. 2009) on owner's Library Bookplate on preliminary page. PHOTO available.