Roots Of Involvement; The U.S. In Asia 1784-1971
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1971. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 336 pages. Index. The DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by both authors on half-title page. Inscription reads: For Dick Valeriani-colleague and friend. Elie Abel/Marvin Kalb. RARE, probably unique item. A "trifecta" of three of the outstanding journalists of the late 20th Century together in one book with two autographs and an association. Some marginal markings in Valeriani's own hand noted! The authors place the Vietnam War in the perspective of 200 years of history, and reveal new information on the roles played by such leaders as Dean Rusk, Maxwell Taylor, and Dean Acheson. Marvin Leonard Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is an American journalist. He was the founding director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press and Public Policy from 1987 to 1999. Kalb spent 30 years as an award-winning reporter for CBS News and NBC News. Kalb was the last newsman recruited by Edward R. Murrow to join CBS News. His work at CBS landed him on Richard Nixon's "enemies list". At NBC, he served as chief diplomatic correspondent and host of Meet the Press. During many years of Kalb's tenures at CBS and NBC, his brother Bernard worked alongside him. Kalb has authored or coauthored many nonfiction books (Eastern Exposure, Dragon in the Kremlin, Roots of Involvement, Kissinger, Campaign ’88, The Nixon Memo and One Scandalous Story). His book Enemy of the People: Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy. His latest book is 'Assignment Russia'. More