[Rarebooks] FS: William Bundy's copy of THE PENTAGON PAPERS with annotations and two pages of notes

[Charles Agvent]

DEPARTMENT  OF  DEFENSE. THE PENTAGON PAPERS. 5  volumes.  William
Bundy's  copy with annotations and two pages of notes.. Boston: Beacon
Press  (1971-1972).  First Edition. Five octavo (5-3/4" x 9")  volumes
in  green  printed  wraps (the last in orange) of the  Senator  Gravel
Edition  of  the official publication of the declassified  volumes  of
the   Department  of  Defense's  1968   study.  This  edition  without
illustrations.  William  Bundy's copy with his scattered  annotations,
marginal  notes, and two legal-sized sheets of paper with  handwritten
notes   arranged  chronologically.  Bundy   was  appointed   Assistant
Secretary  of State for Far Eastern Affairs in March 1964. His brother
McGeorge  was  Special  Assistant  for National  Security  Affairs  to
Kennedy  and  Johnson  from  1961-1966. Both  are  considered  primary
architects  of  America's involvement in Vietnam. In THE BEST AND  THE
BRIGHTEST,  David  Halberstam  stated  that  during  the  Kennedy  and
Johnson  administrations,  William Bundy's name "would probably be  on
more  pieces  of paper dealing with Vietnam over a  seven-year  period
than  anyone  else's."  The publication of these  volumes  represented
something  of  a  personal  defeat for Bundy who at the  time  had  an
1100-page  unfinished  manuscript in which he selectively  paraphrased
from  classifed  papers  in  his possession  and  which  was  rendered
unpublishable  by  the  appearance of this work. The  final  volume, a
review  copy,  is an index and collection of critical essays.  Senator
Gravel  in the introduction: "We were told that we had to fight on the
continent  of  Asia so that we would not have to battle on the  shores
of  America.  One can accept these arguments only if he has failed  to
read  the  Pentagon  Papers."  Very Good with  some  wear  to  covers.
                                                               $2500.00
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