Melvin robert laird (5 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. ORIGINAL 1979 PUBLICATION; ex-corporate library; in very good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. Cloth in DJ; 79pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine/VG+ condition. Scarce, vintage volume based on a town hall meeting on national security policy sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 21 cm [8], 179, [5] pages. Occasional footnotes. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Melvin Robert "Bom" Laird[2] (September 1, 1922 - November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman.[3] He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. First elected in 1952, Laird was the last surviving Representative elected to the 83rd Congress at the time of his death. Congressman Laird in this work has produced a clear and sober analysis of the foreign and military problems which trouble all Americans, regardless of their position or politics. A House Divided looks ahead to the time when American leaders will again base their strategy on our heritage and values in order to meet successfully the crisis of a world "half slave and half free." Why the strategy of initiative is the only way to peace with freedom is cogently argued by Congressman Laird. Robert Gernand (Jacket design) (illustratore). …

Condizione: Very good. Washington, D.C., January 2, 1968., 1968. Very good. - Over 55 words typed on his 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide "Congress of the United States / Republican Conference" stationery. In his brief letter, Congressman Laird informs Spiro Agnew, who was then Governor of Maryland, that he is enclosing copies of his letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Ray Bliss which he is sending Agnew: "In light of the national publicity which followed my comments and those of other members of the Coordinating Committee during its last meeting". Copies of Laird's 3 page letter to Chairman Bliss are stapled to the letter to the future Vice President. Signed "Mel". Folded for mailing with Agnew's "Recieved" stamp on the verso. Very good together with a retained copy of Spiro Agnew's reply. The American politician, writer and statesman Melvin Robert Laird (1922-2016) served as a U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin from 1953-1969. He was subsequently appointed as Secretary of Defense by Richard Nixon in 1969. Laird was influential in withdrawing U.S. troops from Vietnam and coined the expression "Vietnamization". …