mcnamara robert s blight james g brigham (19 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. Reissue. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 479 pp.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 479 pp.

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. First. Illustrated, maps. xxiii + 579 pages, thick 8vo, black and grey boards, d.w. New York: Public Affairs, (1999). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wapper.

Zustand: good, ex-lib., good. First Edition. First Printing. 479, illus., maps, footnotes, notes, index, usual library markings, some pencil underlining, paper pasted to boards. The former Secretary of Defense collaborates with leading scholars from the United States and Vietnam to offer a groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened--and why it could not be stopped before three million people died. Over a period of four years, in six unprecedented meetings held in Hanoi and a seventh meeting in Italy, McNamara, his colleagues in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and America's top Vietnam and military scholars finally met with their Vietnamese counterparts.

Zustand: very good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 479, illus., maps, appendices, notes, index. Over a period of four years, in six unprecedented meetings held in Hanoi and a seventh meeting in Italy, McNamara, his colleagues in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and America's top Vietnam and military scholars finally met with their Vietnamese counterparts.

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Trade Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 512 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good. black boards, silver lettering, dust jacket, 479 pp, inscribed by Schandler on the front end paper Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Zustand: New. The former Secretary of Defense, and leading scholars from the U.S. and Vietnam, offer a groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened-- and why it could not be stopped before three million people died.&Uumlber den Autor.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Edition [stated]. xxiii, [5], 479, [5 pages. Illustration. Maps. Appendices. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling. Signed by all three authors on fep! Also written with Thomas J. Biersteker and Col. Herbert Y. Schandler. Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 - July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, during which time he played a major role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Following that, he served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. McNamara consolidated intelligence and logistics functions of the Pentagon into two centralized agencies: the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Supply Agency. Prior to his public service, McNamara was one of the "Whiz Kids" who helped rebuild Ford Motor Company after World War II and briefly served as Ford's President before becoming Secretary of Defense. A group of advisors he brought to the Pentagon inherited the "Whiz Kids" moniker. McNamara remains the longest serving Secretary of Defense, having remained in office over seven years. Over a period of four years, in six unprecedented meetings held in Hanoi and a seventh meeting in Italy, McNamara, his colleagues in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and America's top Vietnam and military scholars finally met with their Vietnamese counterparts. Did the Vietnam War have to happen? And why couldn't it have ended earlier? These are among the questions that Robert McNamara and his collaborators ask in "Argument Without End, " a book that will stand as a major contribution to what we know about the Vietnam War. Drawing on a series of meetings that brought together, for the first time ever, senior American and Vietnamese officials who had served during the war, the book looks at the many instances in which one side, or both, made crucial mistakes that led to the war and its duration. Using Vietnamese and Chinese documents, many never before made public, McNamara reveals both American and Vietnamese blunders, and points out ways in which such mistakes can be avoided in the future. He also shows conclusively that war could not be won militarily by the United States.McNamara's last book on Vietnam was one of the most controversial books ever published in this country. This book will reignite the passionate debate about the war, about McNamara, and about the lessons we can take away from the tragedy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine. Signed first edition of Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Professor James G. Blight and Historian Robert K. Brigham (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxiii, 479pp. Gray hardcover, title in silver gilt on spine. Stated first edition on copyright page with full number line. Book appears unread. In publisher's near fine dust jacket, price clipped, touch of shelf wear. Signed on the front free endpaper by Robert S. McNamara, James G. Blight and Robert K. Brigham. James G. Blight is a professor of foreign relations and film producer, notably the academy award winning documentary titled The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara. Blight developed a new form of oral interview during his conversations with McNamara, called "critical oral history," which relies on declassified documents and the personal insights of key decision makers to refine and enhance the historical understanding of a subject. Both co-authors of this book wrote extensively on the post-Cold War foreign relations of the United States.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition, second printing. Association copy signed by Robert S. McNamara on the front free endpaper and inscribed to former Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach "To Lydia and Nick, two of my dearest friends, with immense admiration and great affection," with date 5/22/99. xxiii, [5], 479, [2] pp. Near Fine with light wear and edge toning to covers, slight bumping to corners, and several tiny stains to upper edge of textblock. In Fine unclipped dust jacket. Robert McNamara served as the United States Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, a period that saw the intensification of American involvement in the Vietnam War. This book, his attempt at a postmortem of the tragedy, is inscribed to someone else whose name is linked with a tragedy of the 1960s: Nicholas Katzenbach, whose time working for the Kennedy and Johnson administrations overlapped with McNamara's. On November 25, 1963, three days after Kennedy's assassination, Katzenbach sent a memo to the new President's assistant in which he declared that the public must be satisfied that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin, and that speculation as to the man's motives must be cut off. When what is now called "The Katzenbach Memo" was released by the National Archives in 1994, it fueled the longstanding claims that Kennedy's assassination had been a conspiracy that was immediately covered up by the authorities. A meaningful association copy from the Katzenbach estate, testifying to the deep friendship between two men who played key roles in mid-20th century US political history.