The Palace File

New York, Boston: Harper & Row, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9 1/4 h x 6 1/4w. A real nice clean 542 page first edition (stated) hardcover with 1 low in number line. Has just a little wear overall and is very nice. A perspective on the Vietnam War and strikingly new documentation, both of which derive from co-author Hung's unique vantage point. A U.S.-trained economist, Hung served as special assistant to South Vietnamese President Thieu. In that capacity he gained access to a file of 31 letters from Presidents Nixon and Ford to the Vietnamese leader. Schecter, a Time editor, has assisted Hung in using this "palace file" of previously unpublished documents as the basis of a powerful critique of U.S. policy, especially the failure of the United States to live up to commitments to sustain South Vietnam after the Paris Peace Accords..