View from the Seventh Floor (Inscribed First Edition, First Printing - Interesting Association)

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing -- with an interesting association -- of this notable Cold War era book in which W.W. "Walt" Rostow discusses the work and perspectives of the U.S. State Department's influential think tank, the Policy Planning Council. Rostow, a key Cold War and Vietnam policy maker, had been appointed as the sixth director of the council by President John Kennedy. The book is inscribed by Walt Rostow to Paul Nitze, the second director of the council after his appointment in 1950 by President Harry Truman. Nitze was a key Cold War policy maker from the Truman administration to the President Ronald Reagan, whose many senior defense and diplomatic posts included Secretary of the Navy. Rostow would be elevated by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 to his most important role -- National Security Advisor. The inscription refers to the shared experience of Rostow and Nitze with the Policy Planning Council. Inscribed by Walt Rostow to Paul Nitze on the front endpaper: "To Paul - With affection, to recall adventures, past, present, and future -- and with gratitude for help in carrying forward a tradition you helped make." The inscription is dated by Rostow 20 May 1964. 178 pages, cloth. The book has some foxing on the page edges and the dust jacket has a bit of edge wear and light foxing. There's a penciled on the front endpaper written by a previous bookseller noting that the book is inscribed to Nitze. …