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War In A Time Of Peace; Bush, Clinton, And The Generals
by Halberstam, David [Scowcroft, Brent]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0743202120
- ISBN 13
- 9780743202121
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Inscribed to National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, a first printing of War In A Time Of Peace by David Halberstam.. Octavo, 543pp. Beige boards, black cloth spine. Book was likely never read. In publisher's near fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, touch of shelf wear. Inscribed on the title page: "For Brent Scowcroft, with esteem and admiration. David Halberstam. Sept. 26, 2001." Includes an additional note to General Scowcroft, thanking him for his help with the book. An excellent association copy. War in a Time of Peace was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2002. Brent Scowcroft (1925-2020) served as the National Security Advisor for President Gerald R. Ford and President George H.W. Bush. After leaving the Bush administration, he wrote A World Transformed with President George H.W. Bush, which was an insiders' account of the White House after the fall of the Soviet Union. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Scowcroft the Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, where he found himself at odds with Vice President Cheney on the Iraq Invasion. In 2008, he published America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy, along with Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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- Title
- War In A Time Of Peace; Bush, Clinton, And The Generals
- Author
- Halberstam, David [Scowcroft, Brent]
- Illustrator
- Inscribed to National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, a first printing of War In A Time Of Peace by David Halberstam.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0743202120
- ISBN 13
- 9780743202121
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
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