Crisis Point (signed)

New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2016. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by BOTH AUTHORS directly on the title page to Bob Herbert, Major General and long time aide to Senator Harry Reid. Tom Daschle's inscription reads: "To Bob Herbert - with my gratitude for your service (signed) Tom Daschle 2/11/16." Also inscribed: "With appreciation for Bob Herbert - (signed) Trent Lott." "Bob Herbert, a longtime aide to former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid [and] a major general in the Nevada Army National Guard... worked for Reid from 2001 through 2017, while he served stints as majority whip, majority leader and minority leader. As an aviator, and then as a successful advocate for the guard in Washington, D.C., over the last two decades, Herbert helped secure more than $100 million for construction of the guard's facilities and the modernization of equipment… An armory in Yerington that now serves as a city hall and administrative building in the city is named after Herbert. [Nevada] Gov. Steve Sisolak… called the late major general 'the patriarch of the guard in Nevada.'" - (from Herbert's Las Vegas Review Journal obituary, October 2021). Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket (lightly rubbed). No chips or tears. NOT price clipped ($28.00). The jacket is protected by a removable mylar clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original yellow boards, stamped in black on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Trent Lott and Tom Daschle, two of the most prominent senators of recent times served as leaders of their respective parties from the 1990s into the current century. Their congressional tenure saw the Reagan tax cuts, the Clinton impeachment, 9/11, and the Iraq War. Despite stark ideological differences, the two have always maintained a positive working relationship… In CRISIS POINT, Lott and Daschle come together to sound an alarm on the current polarization that has made governing all but impossible; never before has the people's faith in government been so dismally low. The senators itemize damaging forces -- the permanent campaign, unprecedented money, the 24/7 news cycle -- and offer practical recommendations, pointing the way forward. Most crucially, they recall the American people, especially our leaders, to the principles enshrined in the Constitution, and to the necessity of debate but also the imperative of compromise -- which will take leadership, vision, and courage to bring back. Illustrated with personal stories from their eminent careers and events cited from deeper in American history, CRISIS POINT is an invaluable work that comes at a critical juncture. It is a work of conscience, as well as duty, written with passion and eloquence by two men who have dedicated their lives to public service and share the conviction that all is far from lost.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by BOTH AUTHORS. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (xii), 285pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.