Argument Without End: In Search Of Answers To The Vietnam Tragedy [Signed by author]

McNamara, Robert S.; James Blight; Robert K. Brigham; Thomas J Biersteker; Col. Herbert Schandler

ISBN 10: 1891620223 / ISBN 13: 9781891620225

Published by PublicAffairs, 1999

About this Item

Hardcover with DJ. Grey paper over boards with black paper over spine. Silver lettering to spine. Red, black and white pictorial DJ with black and white lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1999. 479 pages. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to DJ, covers. Corners square. Pages clean. One paperclip has been placed as a bookmark, lightly rusted on opposite pages. Binding stiff. SIGNED by Col. Herbert Schandler, who inscribed on front free end page, "To-- Michael Cleverley-- With my warm personal regards and best wishes. Herbert Schandler May 2000.".

Seller Inventory # 18-2461

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Argument Without End: In Search Of Answers To The Vietnam Tragedy [Signed by author]
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891620223
• ISBN 13: 9781891620225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The former Secretary of Defense, and leading scholars from the U.S. and Vietnam, offer groundbreaking new study of exactly how the Vietnam War happened-and why it could not be stopped before millions died.

Drawing on an array of recently declassified documents and a series of unprecedented meetings with former top North Vietnamese leaders, Argument Without End re-frames the war and the decision-making that surrounded it. It draws surprising conclusions, many of which debunk conventional wisdom and which will no doubt cause debate among scholars, journalists, veterans, military personnel, and ordinary Americans who lived through the war era. Like no other book before it, Argument Without End allows us to look at the decisions that led to the war and to its tragic, ultimately pointless continuation. It also shows conclusively that the war could not be won militarily by the United States. One of the most important works on Vietnam to be published, Argument Without End is also a book of lasting relevance to all who seek to quell the conflicts between nations.

About the Author

Robert S. McNamara was Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. A former president of Ford Motor Company and the World Bank, he lives in Washington, D.C.