55 Days: The Fall of South Vietnam

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1977. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Bound in cream publisher's cloth, covers are plain with red lettering on the spine. Endpapers are is a two-page spread of Vietnam citizens in black and white. Frontispiece is black and white military image. Contains author's note, major personalities, an afterward and acknowledgement. Indexed. [xvi] 366 pp. Dust jacket cover is bright yellow with white, red and black lettering. Spine is white with red and black lettering, with a full cover black and white image of the author and family. The book itself is in fine condition. Leaves are clean and bright, free from marginalia or creasing. Dust jacket is very good only, and shows light wear and some light scratching, and has lightly faded around the spine and top edge. 1/2" closed tear at the foot of the spine. Former bookstore price sticker on dj cover. Full refund if not satisfied. <br><br>FROM THE DUST JACKET: "This is a fascinating, up-close account of one of the great, tragic dramas of recent years that reached across an ocean and touched all Americans, whatever their belief about the Vietnam War. I couldn't put it down once I started reading, even though I knew the story and its ending. It all seemed new again as Dawson tells of deliberations in high places on both sides of the conflict and then takes you down on the battlegrounds to be with individual fighting men and civilians caught up in those savage and suspense-laden last days.... It's a book I will urge my friends to read." Major General Edward G. Lansdale, U.S.A.F. Ret.