The LIMITS Of INTERVENTION

David McKay,, 1/1/1969. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Inscribed by author. Hardcover and dust jacket in protective mylar. Good binding and cover. Wear to edges of dust jacket with minimal loss. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. <br>As well as serving as his memoir, the Limits of Intervention offered the insider's view of the post-Tet Offensive decision making within the Pentagon, especially that of Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford. The book described how the Tet Offensive destroyed the support for continuing campaigns of aerial bombardment and ground search & destroy missions, creating instead the view that further escalation was futile. In a Washington Post article a year later, he acknowledged "that the Tet Offensive was not the shattering military defeat for the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces it appeared to both Washington and the American people.