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

[Charles Agvent]

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THE PENTAGON PAPERS. 5 volumes. William Bundy's 
copy with annotations and two pages of notes.
Beacon Press Boston (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 an1100-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." Where have all the flowers gone....

Very Good with some wear to covers.     $2500.00
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