Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama

Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2011. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 364 p. Notes. Index to quotations. Index. Marvin L. Kalb (born June 9, 1930) is a journalist. Kalb 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. He is currently a Fellow at George Washington University. 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, becoming part of the later generation of the "Murrow's Boys." 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. Kalb has authored or coauthored nine nonfiction books and two best-selling novels. His most recent book is about the haunting legacy of Vietnam, co-authored with his daughter. He hosts The Kalb Report, a discussion of media ethics and responsibility sponsored by the Shorenstein Center and George Washington University. He is a news analyst for Fox News. Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription signed by both on fep.

Keywords: Vietnam War, Antiwar Movement, Asymmetrical Warfare, Dick Cheney, Cold War, Robert Gates, Counterinsurgency, John McCain, Colin Powell, Quayle, Scowcroft

ISBN: 9780815721314

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