Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. 424, maps, selected bibliography, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled, with some edge wear. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2005. First Edition. First Printing. 424, maps, selected bibliography, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled, with some edge wear. More
Gallipolis, OH: John L. Sheets, 2000. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. 215 pages. Illus., maps, military jargon. Signed by the author twice--on addendum pasted inside front cover, and on title page. More
Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1946. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Quarto, 151, [1] pages, Illustrations. Color endpaper maps. Maps. Roster. Some discoloration inside boards. Some foxing to fore-edge, boards and spine faded and discolored. Some wear to board edges. Major Orville C. Shirey was an Army intelligence officer assigned to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. At the end of the war a Captain he worked as assistant to the editor of the Infantry Journal, now Army magazine, where he edited more than 50 books, all histories of World War II units. His book Americans: The Story of the 442d Combat Team, was first published in Italy in 1945. The following year an expanded version was released in the United States by Infantry Journal Press. This book is still cited as a reference for researchers. "In the truest sense of the word," he writes of his book, "this is not a history. We have not sufficient perspective in time to evaluate carefully and fully the contribution of the 442d Combat Team.... Neither have we sufficient written data to insure the absolute accuracy of many minute details in the battle reports which make up a large part of this volume." In a review provided by Battery they say of the book: "Major Shirey is too modest. This is a thoughtful, engaging unit history. He is careful not to claim too much, but makes it abundantly clear that these men were determined to fight -- and if necessary die -- for the right to be considered simply Americans. Shirey's record of their sacrifices and accomplishments shows how well they succeeded." He received the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Unit Badge, Combat Infantryman Badge and Medaglia al Valore Militare (Italian). More
Guernsey: The Jersey Press Company Ltd, 1958. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 36, wraps, illus., map on rear cover, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1998. Quarto, 45, wraps, illus., maps, sources. Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xii, [2], 326, [12] pages. Maps. Index. Timothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He has written several books, including Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. The Road to Unfreedom, and Our Malady. Several of them have been described as best-sellers. Snyder serves on the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Snyder has written fifteen books and co-edited two. Snyder speaks five European languages and reads ten, enabling easier use of primary and archival sources in Germany and Central Europe during his research. Snyder has stressed that in order to engage in such transnational history, knowing other languages is very important, saying "If you don't know Russian, you don't really know what you're missing." Ray Brandon is a freelance historian, editor and translator. More
Baton Rouge, LA: LA State University Press, 1995. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm, 458 pages, illus. More
Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corp. 1960. 19 cm, 67, wraps, footnotes, covers somewhat faded and worn, pencil underlining and marginal marks in several places. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1942. First Edition [stated]. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 188 p. More
New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 238. More
Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, 2000. Second Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Trade paperback. xvi, 575, [1] pages. Oversized Book (measuring 10-3/4 inches by 8-1/2 inches). Minor black marks on bottom edge. Includes Preface, Introduction, Footnotes. Illustrations, and Index to documents. Topics covered include The Opening of the Intelligence War; The March Crisis and the Berlin Airlift; June 1953; Alltagsgeschichte: Day to Day in the Intelligence War; The Berlin Tunnel; The Berlin Crisis; The Wall; and a Glossary of Abbreviations. Donald P. Steury is a Historian for the National Declassification Center in the National Archives and Records Administration. More
Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA History Staff, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. x, [2], 634, [8] pages. Oversized Book (measuring 8.5 by 11 inches). Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes Preface, Introduction, Footnotes. Illustrations, and Index to documents. Topics covered include The Opening of the Intelligence War; The March Crisis and the Berlin Airlift; June 1953; Alltagsgeschichte: Day to Day in the Intelligence War; The Berlin Tunnel; The Berlin Crisis; The Wall. Donald P. Steury was a Historian for the National Declassification Center in the National Archives and Records Administration. Donald Steury edited a substantial number of highly influential works on intelligence during the Cold War. More
Washington DC: A. D. Strenger, 1943. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [6], 92 pages. 24 maps (23 numbers plus 2A). Bibliography. Book appears to be a bound mimeographed or otherwise multiple-original production but not the typical typeset printing. It is likely that only a few copies were made and distributed. Research has ascertained that General Lucius Clay also received a copy, likely in connection with his role in the post-war military occupation of Germany. Ex.-library with the usual library markings. Cover has in gilt lettering "With compliment to Rear Admiral W. J. Carter"! In September 1942, William J. Carter III was commissioned rear admiral, for temporary service, while serving as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. On March 7, 1945, Carter again was confirmed in the rank of rear admiral, to continue while serving as Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, while assuming that duty on March 8, 1945. More
New York: Random House [A Stepping Stone Book], 2014. First Printing thus [Stated]. Trade paperback. This work was previously published under the title of Honey Cake. Includes chapters on Copenhagen, September 6, 1943; Copenhagen, May 5, 1940; Copenhagen, April 9, 1940; The Invasion; Copenhagen, September 6, 1943; Copenhagen, September 29, 1943; Also contains Afterword; Mama's Honey Cake Recipe for a Sweet New Year; Map and Timeline; and The Story Behind the Story. Joan Betty Stuchner loved stories. When she wasn’t writing, she worked in a library, taught part-time and acted in community theater. Honey Cake was launched, with great fanfare, on June 10th 2007, at Solly’s Bagelry, 7th and Yukon. Cynthia Nugent and the author gave a dramatic and musical presentation. There was a klezmer band, good food and a wonderful crowd of people. And what a weekend: Saturday was the Spring Book Hatchings at VPL and Sunday was the book's official launch. More
Tokyo, Japan: Hosokawa Printing Company, 1948. Hardcover. 559 + 9 maps, 2 vols., illus., tables, maps, appendices, spines faded, box worn and stained. More
London [?]: European Advisory Commission, 1945. Presumed one of multiple original copies. Map. Map Format is approximately 25.5 inches by 19 inches. Folded in half and then several times so that there are 10 panes, not of uniform size. Map is on one side of the sheet only. Scale is 1:1,000,000. Left margin is approximately one half inch. Right margin is about one-eighth of an inch. Lower margin is approximately 3.5 inches and has substantial information on tows, canals, canal capacity, railways, and boundaries. The top margin is approximately 2 inches and has the scale and the word "Austria". The basic map, designated at SHAEF No. 36, was photolithographed by 13 M. R. S., R.E., in 1944. This version was prepared by P.H. P. Research (ink notation). A red line for Zones has been added in ink. Boundaries of the France, U.K., U.S.S. R., and the U.S.A. zones are in read. The boundaries of the city of Vienna is shown in red, with a blue outer circle. In the upper right corner is the following handwritten ink notation: "Map "A" annexed to the Agreement on Zones of Occupation in Austria of 9th July 1945". This is followed by several initial and the date of 9 vii 1945. This appears to be one of the maps prepared for the negotiations by the European Advisory Commission that met in London in 1945 and established the Zones of Occupation in Austria. More
Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, c1978. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 340, illus., bibliography, index, ink note on front endpaper, some pencil underlining & ink notations, some edge soiling. More
New York: Pocket Books, 1981. First Pocket Book paperback printing. Trade paperback. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1962]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 231, illus., chronology, bibliography, flyleaf removed, DJ pasted to boards, usual library markings. More
Oxford: Berg, 1989. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xvii, 421 p. Map. Footnotes. Tables. Figures. Bibliography. Index. More
n.p. 15th U.S. Army, 1945. Quarto, 89 + charts, illus., color maps (some fold-out), charts, appendices, weakness to bds, bd corners & edges of spine worn, sm tears spin. More
n.p. 15th U.S. Army, 1945. Quarto, 146 charts, illus., color maps (some fold-out), charts, appendices, More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. v, [1], 118 pages. Wrap. Department of State Publication 2423. Usual library markings. Number stamped on page iii. Rear cover separated but present. The Axis powers, also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces. The Axis powers agreed on their opposition to the Allies, but did not completely coordinate their activity. The Axis grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the treaty signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936. Benito Mussolini declared on 1 November that all other European countries would from then on rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The almost simultaneous second step was the signing in November 1936 of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan. Italy joined the Pact in 1937. The "Rome–Berlin Axis" became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called "Pact of Steel", with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies. At its zenith during World War II, the Axis presided over territories that occupied large parts of Europe, North Africa, and East Asia. There were no three-way summit meetings and cooperation and coordination was minimal, with a bit more between Germany and Italy. The war ended in 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers and the dissolution of their alliance. More
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. v, [1], 118 pages. Wrap. Illustration. Department of State Publication 2423. Name written on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. The Axis powers, also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces. The Axis powers agreed on their opposition to the Allies, but did not completely coordinate their activity. The Axis grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the treaty signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936. Benito Mussolini declared on 1 November that all other European countries would from then on rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The almost simultaneous second step was the signing in November 1936 of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan. Italy joined the Pact in 1937. The "Rome–Berlin Axis" became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called "Pact of Steel", with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies. At its zenith during World War II, the Axis presided over territories that occupied large parts of Europe, North Africa, and East Asia. There were no three-way summit meetings and cooperation and coordination was minimal, with a bit more between Germany and Italy. The war ended in 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers and the dissolution of their alliance. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1968. 1624, footnotes, index, slight scuffing to boards. More