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Beautifully inscribed on title page: Best wishes to Daniel Moll W.C. Westmoreland Nov. 1994Laid in is original letter form owner requesting autograph. Handwritten note at bottom: I am pleased to comply with your request. W.C. Westmoreland Clean text. Unclipped price ($12.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. William Childs Westmoreland (March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005) was a United States Army general, most notably commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1968 to 1972.
Westmoreland adopted a strategy of attrition against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, attempting to drain them of manpower and supplies. He also made use of the United States' edge in artillery and air power, both in tactical confrontations and in relentless strategic bombing of North Vietnam. Nevertheless, public support for the war eventually diminished, especially after the Battle of Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive… Read More

Association Copy inscribed on first page: To Brent Bozell One of the real founding fathers of the conservative movement. With all good wishes Bill Gill August 17, 1988Note Brent Bozell III (born July 14, 1955) is an American conservative activist who founded an organization called the Media Research Center whose stated purpose is to identify alleged liberal media bias.Bozell has been published in various local and national media outlets. Clean text. Price unclipped ($14.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition.

Inscribed on half title page: For Scott Peters, with all best wishes, Theodore H. White (see picture)Clean text. Price unclipped ($10.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Minor wrinkles in dust jacket at top and bottom of spine. With experience in analyzing foreign cultures from his time abroad, White took up the challenge of analyzing American culture with the books The Making of the President 1960 (1961), The Making of the President 1964 (1965), The Making of the President 1968 (1969), and The Making of the President 1972 (1973), all analyzing United States presidential elections. The first of these was both a bestseller and a critical success, winning the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. It remains the most influential publication about the 1960 presidential election that made John F. Kennedy the President. The later presidential books sold well but failed to have as great an effect, partly because other authors were by then… Read More

Beautifully signed on half title page: With best wishes, Lyndon B Johnson. (Signature is in fact suspiciously perfect). LBJ was a prolific user of secretarial and autopen signatures. It is possible that this may be an autopen signature. Book is bound in red cloth and is in fine condition. Dust Jacket has one inch tear at top of front impacting LBJ's head (see picture) and two minor tears at top on back. Clean text. Unclipped ($5.00). Protected by Brodart book jacket cover.The author William S. White met 23-year-old Lyndon Johnson in Washington, both Texans, when Johnson worked as a Congressional staffer for Representative Richard Kleberg (D-TX) and White was a reporter for the Associated Press. "No one in Washington stands much higher in Lyndon Johnson's affection," Time reported. "The President loyally reads White's column . . . and he is not above calling White for advice . . . Johnson pays White the ultimate compliment of putting nothing off the record, relying on the total discretion of… Read More

Inscribed on title page: For Dan Moll With all best wishes Richard Whittle Washington, D.C. June 2010Laid in: print out of email inviting owner to attend private lunch with author for book discussion and signing at Army Navy Club in Washington, D.C. June 2010. Clean text. Price unclipped ($27.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition.A fascinating and authoritative narrative history of the V-22 Osprey, revealing the inside story of the most controversial piece of military hardware ever developed for the U.S. Marine Corps.When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their… Read More

Inscribed on half title page: For Dan Moll Cordially Garry WillsClean text. Price unclipped (19.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover.

Inscribed on the half title page: For Dan Moll Garry WillsBook in very good plus condition and dust jacket in very good plus condition. Jacket has some minor rubbings on front with some chips near bottom. Chips at both top and bottom of spine. Rear of jacket has two small chips near top and one small chip near bottom. Clean text. Price unclipped ($10.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. This book landed Garry Wills on Nixon's master list of political opponents. This list was an expansion of the original Nixon enemies list of 20 key opponents of The President

Inscribed on second blank page: For Dan Moll best Garry WillsClean text. Price unclipped ($23.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in new condition. Dust jacket in new condition. Certain Trumpets is a study of different leaders, sixteen of them all in different fields, eleven of them American, and of what made them effective leaders. Wills' rationale for such a diverse group, admittedly a bit arbitrary, is that leadership is always tempered by context, and he wanted "contexts" that were at least generally known to the reader.

Inscribed on second blank page: May 30, 1996 To Chris DeMuth With best wishes to someone who will be "one of the men and women" of his generation. Jay WinikClean text. Price unclipped ($30.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book and dust jacket in new condition. From Amazon...The book contradicts all the liberal claims about Ronald Reagan being an "amiable dunce" and other outright lies propounded by the Left. The President was completely aware of the political machinations going on around him, and yet was able to stay above the fray and let his select operatives fight it out with their American opponents to achieve victory.From Publishers Weekly...The thesis that President Ronald Reagan's administration, through its embrace of military confrontation and brinksmanship, hastened the breakup of the Soviet Union and decisively won the Cold War for the U.S. receives a fresh twist in Winik's intensely dramatic, personal narrative history. He credits four members of the Reagan team, all… Read More

Inscribed on first blank page: For my friend, Jack Ogle, A great sooner whom I'd "sooner" see in Texas. Jim Wright 1-15-66Note: Jack Ogle was a pioneer Oklahoma television newsman for five decades known for his smooth voice and high credibility. He died in 1999. Clean text. Price unclipped ($4.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition with blue boards. Dust jacket in very good plus condition with some chips at top of rear, top and bottom of spine. Some discoloration along spine.

Inscribed on title page: For Dan Moll With very best wishes, from a good friend of his old Boss. Jim WrightLaid in: Original advertisement to "Meet Jim Wright" signing copies of his book at Trover Shop Washington, D.C. 11/4/1993Laid in: Original Washington Post article 10/23/1993 about party plugging his book at the River Club in Georgetown with many celebrities. Larry King was emcee.Laid in: Original New York Times book review 1/23/1994Laid in: Original article in Roll Call authored by Jim Wright about the agonizing last six weeks in office. Clean text. Price unclipped ($22.00). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book and dust jacket in new condition.