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In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam [Buy it!] | McNamara Robert S. with Brian VanDeMark | USD 21.99 (Sat Jun 1 12:49:50 2024) | Biblio | Twin City Antiquarian Books | New York: Times Books (Random House), Date: 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Burgundy boards & cloth spine, both with gilt titles, endpaper maps, xviii, 414 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Memoirs mostly of McNamara's time as Secretary of Defense for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. According to the DJ, "McNamara has crafted the classic insider account of Vietnam policy making. He reveals exactly how we stumbled into the war, and exactly why it bacame so difficult to pull out." Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm. 1995. Times Books (Random House) ISBN 0812925238 9780812925234 [US] |