Kuwait Diplomacy Against Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
Cairo: Kuwait Information Center, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 340, wraps, errata, corners of some pages turned, covers somewhat worn and soiled, ink marks on title page. More
Cairo: Kuwait Information Center, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 340, wraps, errata, corners of some pages turned, covers somewhat worn and soiled, ink marks on title page. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: The Henry L. Stimson Center, 2006. First? Edition. First? Printing. 187, wraps, maps, footnotes. More
New York, New York: New American Library, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Contains an Introduction by Major Chuck Larson, a Foreword by General Tommy Franks, and an Afterword by Senator John McCain. Inscribed and signed by Major Chuck Larson on the half title page. The inscription reads: To Admiral Sullivan, Thank you for your tremendous service to our nation. America remains the land of the free because of men like you and those on these pages. Chuck Larson, Riga, 2008. Charles W. 'Chuck' Larson Jr. (born April 1, 1968, in Newton, Iowa) is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US to the Republic of Latvia. President George W. Bush appointed Larson to the President's Advisory Commission for Drug Free Communities, on which he continues to serve. On November 30, 2007, the White House announced that Larson would be nominated to become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US to the Republic of Latvia in 2008. In May 2008, Latvian President Valdis Zatlers awarded Ambassador Larson the Order of the Three Stars, which is Latvia's highest award for his service to the country. More
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, 199, [3] pages. Illustrations. Index. Some sticker residue on the front and back of the DJ. Scuff on fep. Minor page soiling noted. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads For Kate and Hesh at home in my heart Love Lawrence Weschler. The three narratives by Lawrence Weschler here joined together were conceived from the start as a sort of triptych: three tales about basically decent expatriates (the first an Iraqi, the second a Czech, the third an Afrikaner), each of whom tries to do the right thing with regard to the totalitarian regime holding sway over his homeland--the thing we readers, too, might have done, if only we were much more courageous than we are--only to end up thoroughly wracked and bollixed. Taken together, these gripping narratives afford a sort of double catscan into the natures of both modern totalitarianism and timeless exile. Like all drama, the battle for human rights has three unities. It also has three principal territories--the former Communist world, the former anti-Communist world, and the actually existing Third World. Not many guides are reliable in any of these terrains. Lawrence Weschler is without peer in having been prescient and morally exact about all three. More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1960. First? Edition. First? Printing. 379, tables, index, front board weak, ink notation inside board, some soiling, edgewear, & small tears to DJ, edges soiled. More
Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1996. 23 cm, 107, wraps, tables, charts, bibliography, pencil erasure residue on title page. More
Novato, CA: Presidio, 1991. 298, illus., notes, index, DJ spine edges worn and small tears. More
Ithaca, NY: Soc for Applied Anthropology, 1962. Reprint Edition. 28 cm, 54, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers. Prepared in April 1957, and reissued in this form in 1962. Foreword by M. Brewster Smith. More
Las Vegas, NV: M&M Graphics, 1991. Second Printing. 28 cm, 96, wraps, illus. (some in color), usual library markings, bookplate inside front cover. More
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, Inc., 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xv, [1], 382, [2] pages. Some ink marks to text and in the margins noted. Front cover corner creased Includes 3 maps of Iraq, 19 tables, and 12 photographs. Also contains Preface, Note on Transliteration, The Legacy of the Past, The British Mandate, 1920-1932, An Era of Instability, 1932-1945; The Old Regime, 1946-1958; Economic and Social Change Under the Old Regime; The Revolution Begins: The Qasim Era, 1958-1963; The Revolution Begins: The Qasim Era, 1958-1963; The Arab Nationalists in Power, 1963-1968; The Ba'th in Power; Economic and Social Change Under Revolutionary Regimes; and The Iran-Iraq War. Also contains notes, bibliography, glossary, name index and subject index. This is the classic, baseline edition. It has been updated but this text is foundational and also represents the state of knowledge and interpretation at the start of the First Gulf War. The author has specialized in the study of Iraq for some years, and this is evident in the authority of the scholarship that is presented here. Utilizing primary and secondary sources in Arabic, and interviews with key personalities extending over some years, the analysis is sound and persuasive. This is an authoritative work that meets a great need: an up-to-date, readable, and comprehensive treatment of recent Iraqi history. Phebe Marr (born September 21, 1931) is a prominent American historian of modern Iraq with the Middle East Institute. She has been research professor at the National Defense University and a retired professor of history at University of Tennessee and Stanislaus State University in California. More
Place_Pub: New York: William Morrow, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. 316, illus., scratches on front DJ. More
New York: Berkley Books, 1988. Second Printing. Wraps. 226 pages, wraps, illus., bibliography, some wear and soiling to covers. An Iraqi nuclear reactor is a secret atomic bomb factory, and if successful, Iraq could turn the Middle East into a nuclear Armageddon. Israel must act quickly and sends its top gun pilots through a gauntlet of missiles and enemy aircraft to destroy Reactor One. More
Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Pub. Div. c1994. Hardcover. 24 cm, 224 pages. Illus. Signed by the author. More
Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Pub. Div. c1994. 24 cm, 224, illus., appendices, index, Ambassador Melady's business card laid in. Inscribed by the author. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, c1990. First Printing. 25 cm, 164, maps. More
New York: Times Books, 1990. First Edition. Fifth Printing. Pocket paperbk, 268, wraps, bibliography, some wear to cover edges. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. First Printing. 336, illus., map, glossary, notes, index, slight wear to DJ edges. More
New York: Doubleday, 2013. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [16], 300, [4] pages. Map. Notes. Index. Previous owner's address label removed from fep. Contents include Introduction; Prologue: "A Week in September"; Afghanistan: The Good War Gone Bad; Afghanistan: Reconciliation?; Who Lost Pakistan?; Iran: Between War and Containment; Iraq; The Signal Democracy; The Fading Promise of the Arab Spring; The Gathering Storm; The China Challenge, and Conclusion: America, The Pivotal Nation. Vali Reza Nasr (born 20 December 1960) is an Iranian-American academic and author, specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He served as the eighth dean of the school from 2012 to 2019. Nasr is also a Non-Resident Fellow in South Asia at Atlantic Council and is described by The Economist as "a leading world authority on Shia Islam". He taught at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, University of San Diego, and the Naval Postgraduate School. Drawing from his decades of scholarship and specifically from his two-year tenure as senior adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the president’s special adviser to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Nasr accuses the Obama White House of lacking any strategic vision for the Middle East and abandoning diplomacy and economic engagement in favor of shortsighted, tactical maneuvers driven by domestic politics and opinion polls. An informed, smoothly argued brief that will surely rattle windows at the White House. More
Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxi, [1]. 553, [1] pages. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Inscribed by North on the dedication page. Inscription reads Frank [?] My Best Oliver North. Includes Acknowledgments, Glossary; Prologue: Betrayed and Abandoned; and Epilogue. Chapters cover Tracked Down!; Escape; Legacy of Death; The Letter; Intrigue; Sailors, Soldiers, and Spies; Traitors and Hostages; Blown Cover; The Wolf; Making Plans while Marking Time; Reluctant Accomplice; A Meeting of Adversaries; Dealing with the Devil; Regrouping; Heating Up; Too Many Secrets; Planning for War; Freefall toward Disaster; Tough Choices; Racing toward Doomsday; Targets and Shooters; Rendezvous with Death; Endgame; and Epilogue. Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. A veteran of the Vietnam War, North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. He hosted a talk show on Radio America from 1995 to 2003, and hosted War Stories with Oliver North on Fox News from 2001 to 2016. From 1995 to 2003, he was host of his own nationally syndicated radio program on Radio America known as the Oliver North Radio Show or Common Sense Radio. North was the host of the television show War Stories with Oliver North from 2001 to 2016 and is a regular commentator on Hannity, both on the Fox News Channel. In addition, he regularly speaks at both public and private events. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [3], 197, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Joe, Do not go in peace! P J O'Rourke June 22, 2004. Stamp of previous owner on fep. One of the nation's most controversial journalists and humorists offers another hard-hitting survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo, where "NATO tried to start World War III without hurting anyone." Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947) is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Since 2011, he has been a columnist at The Daily Beast. In the UK, he is known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s. He is the author of 20 books, the best known of which are Holidays in Hell, a compilation of O'Rourke's articles as a free-lance foreign correspondent, and All the Trouble in the World, an examination of current political concerns such as global warming and famine from a libertarian perspective. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states, "O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject." O'Rourke was a proponent of Gonzo journalism. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 467, [1] pages. Note on Sources. Index. Some DJ wear, especially at edges and corners. Includes Prologue; An Unfinished War; Fevered Minds; Exiles; Special Plans; Psychological Demolition; The Palace; The Captain; Occupied Iraqis; Insurgencies; Civil War?; Memorial Day; and Simple Citizens; Also includes Epilogue, Note on Sources, Acknowledgments; and Index. George Packer (born August 13, 1960) is a US journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings for The New Yorker and The Atlantic about U.S. foreign policy and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. Packer also wrote The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, covering the history of the US from 1978 to 2012. In November 2013, The Unwinding received the National Book Award for Nonfiction. His award winning biography, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century, was released in May 2019. His latest book, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal was released in June 2021. George Packer is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of Blood of the Liberals, winner of the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Award. He is also the editor of the anthology The Fight Is for Democracy. He is a winner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book on International Affairs and Winner of the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1996. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 28, wraps, map, references, errata slip laid in. Foreword by Richard H. Witherspoon. More
Canoga Park, CA: Pipedream Products, Inc., 2003. Presumed First Edition, First production run. Special Collector's Item [stated]. Wind-Up Toy in original packaging. Packaging is approximately 5 inches by 7.625 inches. RARE unopened. Plastic bubble encasing a wind-up platform and two adjacent figures is approximately 3 inches by 4.5 inches and is largely oval in shape. The front panel has the American flag as a backdrop. The text on the front is F-ck Saddam Wind of Toy, Special Collector's Item! Try Me next to arrow pointing to the wind-up stem, and at the bottom Operation: Anal Invasion. The back side as the following text: F-ck Saddam Wind-up Toy. Danger: Weapon of Ass Destruction! We're going DEEP in Iraq. Wind-up for fun and show support for your country with this hilarious wind-up toy! Go ahead, F-ck Saddam in the ASS! Saddam-ize the bastard. A great way to relieve Saddam of GAS. There is some text related to the manufacturer, item number, barcode, and the United We Stand and Free Speech Coalition organizations. This toy is a pointed embarrassment or disgracing of Saddam. Male same-sex activity is illegal and punishable by imprisonment in Kuwait, Egypt, Oman and Syria. It is also punishable by death in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. In Yemen and Gaza Strip, the punishment might differ between death and imprisonment depending on the act committed. Several Middle Eastern countries have responded to homosexuality and transgender people by sentencing them to death, life in prison, fines, torture, beatings, vigilante attacks, vigilante executions, honor killings, forced psychiatric treatments, forced anal examinations, forced hormone injections, chemical castration, floggings, and deportation. More
Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2004. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. xi, 83 pages. Notes. No dust jacket as issued. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1975. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 422, illus. More