Counsel to The President: A Memoir.
Clifford, Clark; Holbrooke, Richard.
Place Published: New York, N.Y.:
Publisher: Random House, Inc.,
Date Published: 1992.
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. The book IS IN NEAR FINE condition with stain on bottom page block; the last two pages have a dirt smudge. The dust jacket is in VERY GOOD condition with shelfwear. NOT price-clipped. 709 pages with index plus 16 pages with black and white photos.This book comes with a BRODART archival jacket cover. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious subjects. Dust jacket notes read: "Clark Clifford, the legendary adviser to America's presidents, has written a classic memoir of power, policy, and politics in Washington over the past five decades. Clifford was Harry S Truman's White House Counsel, John F. Kennedy's personal lawyer, and Lyndon B. Johnson's Secretary of Defense at the height of the Vietnam War. He participated in virtually all of the great national security decisions since World War n and remains today an active and influential member of Washington's inner circles. Like Clark Clifford's life and career, Counsel to the President spans the American Century. In an epic account, written with Richard Holbrooke, Clifford chronicles his ascent from a young lawyer and naval officer to a trusted presidential counselor, while revealing his intimate knowledge of the most dramatic events and important personalities of our time. With a mastery of style and narrative detail, Clifford writes about how he successfully argued for the recognition of Israel in 1948 and how he failed to persuade President Johnson to limit American involvement in Vietnam in 1965. We see through Clifford's eyes the unforgettable train trip and late-night poker game '?, with Winston Churchill en route to the 'Iron Curtain' speech, and struggle with him through President Truman's 'hopeless' reelection campaign of 1948. We see him advise Senator John Kennedy in his fight to disprove allegations that he did not write his Pulitzer Prizewinning book Profiles in Courage, and witness how he shared President Johnson's growing isolation, frustration, and anguish over a war he could not control. Counsel to the President offers penetrating insights into American politics and foreign policy and riveting portraits of our leaders that only Clark Clifford can provide. It is the quintessential Washington memoir of our time."
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dj
ISBN: 0394569954
Book Id: 6053
Price: $9.00
