Description
First edition of The Palace File, inscribed to National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft.
Octavo, xiv, 542pp. Gray hardcover, black cloth spine, title in silver on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page with full number line. Book appears unread, in fine condition. In publisher’s near fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, touch of shelf wear, overall a fine example. Inscribed by the author: “For Brent Scowcroft, with appreciation for your integrity and friendship. Fondly, Jerry Schecter. Washington, D.C. Nov. 1986.”
Brent Scowcroft served as the National Security Advisor for President Gerald R. Ford and President George H.W. Bush. After leaving the Bush administration, he wrote A World Transformed with President George H.W. Bush, which was an insiders’ account of the White House after the fall of the Soviet Union. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Scowcroft the Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, where he found himself at odds with Vice President Cheney on the Iraq Invasion. In 2008, he published America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy, along with Zbigniew Brzezinski.
