The Fall of Saigon: Scenes from the Sudden End of a Long War
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition. 510, illus., maps, endpaper maps, sources, index, large tear in rear DJ, small tears to top edge of DJ and small pieces missing. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition. 510, illus., maps, endpaper maps, sources, index, large tear in rear DJ, small tears to top edge of DJ and small pieces missing. More
New York: Weybright and Talley, [1975]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 375, pencil erasure on front endpaper, some wear and soiling to boards, some edge soiling. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. viii, [1], 277, [1] p. Index. More
New York: Cyrco Press, Inc., 1977. First Edition. First Printing. 224, maps, chapter notes, bibliography, index, large tear in rear DJ. More
New York: Harper & Row, c1989. First Printing. 24 cm, 245, ink notation on front endpaper, substantial neat underlining & occasional highlighting, DJ worn, soiled, and small edge tears. More
New York: The Free Press, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. 277 pages. Notes, index, name of previous owner present. Some endpaper discoloration, some edge soiling. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 344, [6] p.; 24 cm. Comlilments card and publisher's ephemera laid in. Index. More
Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1989. Hardcover. 24 cm. 438 pages. Illustrations. Map. Endpaper maps. Appendices. Chronology. Glossary. Index. Some creasing to DJ edges. William Egan Colby (January 4, 1920 – April 27, 1996) spent a career in intelligence for the United States, culminating in serving as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from September 1973 to January 1976. During World War II Colby served with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war he joined the Central Intelligence Agency. During the Vietnam War, Colby served as chief of station in Saigon, chief of the CIA's Far East Division, and head of the Civil Operations and Rural Development effort He oversaw the Phoenix Program. As Director of Central Intelligence, under intense pressure from the United States Congress and the media, adopted a policy of relative openness about U.S. intelligence activities to the Senate Church Committee and House Pike Committee. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1982. First Paperbk? Printing. 24 cm, 337, wraps, illus., glossary, erasure residue & stamp of Senator Wallop on title page, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1998. 26 cm, 160, wraps, illus., footnotes. More
Washington, DC: American Educational Trust, c1986. Second Edition. 24 cm, 390, illus., front board weak. More
New York, N.Y. HarperCollins Books, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 740 pages. Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Sources. Notes. Bibliography. Photo Credit. Index. Signed by author on the title page Includes Part One--Brethren of a Kind (Nixon, Kissinger, and 1968); Part Two--The Limits of Power (The Nixon-Kissinger White House; Hope and Illusion; The Politics of Foreign Policy; Troubles Galore; Crisis Managers; Winter of Discontent); Part Three--The Best of Times (The Road to Détente, Détente in Asia: Gains and Losses; The Warriors as Peacemakers; Tainted Victories; Part Four--The Worst of Times--New Miseries; In the Shadow of Watergate; The Nixon-Kissinger Presidency; and The End of a Presidency. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: To: John Fogarty, With Warm Good Wishes, Robert Dallek. Robert A. Dallek (born May 16, 1934) is an American historian specializing in the presidents of the United States, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. He retired as a history professor at Boston University in 2004 and previously taught at Columbia University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Oxford University. He won the Bancroft Prize for his book Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945 as well as other awards. In 2007 Dallek published Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power, which claims that they were visionaries and cynics at the same time, in an attempt to explain the ups and down of their diplomatic careers. The book was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in History. More
New York, N.Y. HarperCollins Books, 2007. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 740 pages. Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Sources. Notes. Bibliography. Photo Credit. Index. Slightly shaken and cocked. Bottom edge stained. Includes Part One--Brethren of a Kind (Nixon, Kissinger, and 1968); Part Two--The Limits of Power (The Nixon-Kissinger White House; Hope and Illusion; The Politics of Foreign Policy; Troubles Galore; Crisis Managers; Winter of Discontent); Part Three--The Best of Times (The Road to Détente, Détente in Asia: Gains and Losses; The Warriors as Peacemakers; Tainted Victories; Part Four--The Worst of Times--New Miseries; In the Shadow of Watergate; The Nixon-Kissinger Presidency; and The End of a Presidency. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: To: John Fogarty, With Warm Good Wishes, Robert Dallek. Robert A. Dallek (born May 16, 1934) is an American historian specializing in the presidents of the United States, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. He retired as a history professor at Boston University in 2004 and previously taught at Columbia University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Oxford University. He won the Bancroft Prize for his book Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932–1945 as well as other awards. In 2007 Dallek published Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power, which claims that they were visionaries and cynics at the same time, in an attempt to explain the ups and down of their diplomatic careers. The book was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in History. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. 221, notes, index, name of previous owner, DJ somewhat worn/soiled: edge tears/chips, later photograph of author laid in. More
New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1971. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. ix, [3].196 p. Map. Bibliographic Note. Index. More
Novato, California: Presidio Press, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, 838, [2] pages. Full page black and white map of Vietnam opposite the title page. DJ in plastic sleeve. Preface, Acknowledgments, Glossary, Bibliography, and Index. This is a comprehensive account of the three wars which ravaged Vietnam for thirty years. For the first time, these wars are shown from all sides, a view made possible by released classified material and other original sources. The book focuses on North Vietnamese senior General Vo Nguyen Giap. Phillip Buford Davidson Jr. (November 26, 1915 – February 7, 1996) was an American lieutenant general who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Davidson graduated from West Point in 1939. During WWII, he served as assistant intelligence officer in the 96th Infantry Division. Later, he served as a squadron commander in George Patton's Third Army. Following the war, he was assigned as an instructor to the Army's School of Intelligence in Fort Leavenworth. Starting in 1948 and continuing throughout the Korean War, Davidson was chief, Plans and Estimates Branch, in General Douglas MacArthur's intelligence office. From 1967 until 1969, Davidson was the chief of US intelligence in Vietnam, under William Westmoreland and later Creighton Abrams. From May 3, 1971 to September 30, 1972, Davidson, then a major general, was the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army. He was later promoted to lieutenant general. In 1988, he published Vietnam at War: The History 1946–1975, which is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Indochina wars. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1977. Second Printing. 24 cm, 366, illus., index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on half-title. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, c1984. First Printing. 25 cm, 319, tears to DJ edges. More
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1976. First Edition. First Printing. 209, footnotes, biblio, index, some pencil underlining & marginal marks to text, some DJ wear, soil, wrinkles, & edge tears/chips. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 335 p. Illustrations. Index. More
New York: Random House, c1983. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 458, notes, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
Place_Pub: New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. 561, index, small stains to fore-edge, DJ soiled, rough spot on DJ spine, small tears and wear to top & bottom DJ edges. More
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 561 pages. Index, DJ somewhat soiled and small edge tears. Signed by the author. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 27 cm, 416, illus. More
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, [1974]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 148, footnotes, bibliography, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More