St Martin's Press, 1984, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First, Illustrated By: Photographic

preface by author, notes and index. The text is illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photographs between page 122 and 123. 1/4 Buckrum backstrip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 cream coloured textured boards. A little bumping to the top book edge and rubbing to the book corners. Previous owners details to the free front end paper. Plain text dustwrapper with a white coloured background and ochre and purple coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Chipping to the top dustwrapper corners and to either side of the top backstrip edge. There is creasing to the other dustwrapper edges, particularly the lower backstrip edge. Rubbing and yellowing of the dustwrapper. Dark marks to the verso of the dustwrapper, centred around the backstrip area. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. "Nemesis is the story of the calamitous experiences suffered by Presidents Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson when they intervened in the wars in Korea and Vietnam in the 1950s and 60s to halt the spread of communism by armed force." -- from the front panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 216 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; History -- America; Vietnam War; Military History -- Modern; United States; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0312563701. ISBN/EAN: 9780312563707. Inventory No: 0109946.