Hardcover bound in genuine gilt stamped maroon leather. xviii, 414 pages. Brand new copy in shrink wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Customarily laid-in to this title are an Easton Press unused book-plate, COA [Certificate of Authenticity] and brief Collector’s Notes, (unverified as this copy remains sealed in the original factory shrink wrap). Signed First edition, signed by the author. As secretary of defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, McNamara was a leading proponent of the Viet Nam War. In this memoir, a classic insider account of Vietnam policy making, written some thirty years on from the events recalled, he chronicles why he reversed his position. Volume I has light scuff extending down front cover, left to right, on shrink wrap. This does not appear to affect leather covers but is indeterminate. Brand new copy in factory shrink warp.