Retreat from Victory: A Critical Appraisal of American Foreign and Military Policy from 1920 to the 1970s
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1973]. 24 cm, 250, edges soiled, DJ somewhat soiled and some wear to edges: small tears. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1973]. 24 cm, 250, edges soiled, DJ somewhat soiled and some wear to edges: small tears. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1966. Second Printing. 255, maps, app, biblio, index, pencil underlining, bds weak, rough spots ins bds, tear in rear bd, DJ worn & sm tears taped. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 255 pages. Maps, app, biblio, index, some discoloration ins bds, spotting to fore-edge, DJ worn & soiled: small tears, sm pieces missing. More
Washington, DC: Washington Publications, c1988. 29 cm, 165, illus., DJ has large tears and wrinkles. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1956. 26 cm, 328, wraps, profusely illus., maps, bookplate on title page. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition. 191, illus., slight foxing inside boards, DJ worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Berkley Publishing Corp. 1974. Book Club Edition [?]. Hardcover. 448 pages. Footnotes. Index, some soiling to fore-edge, binding somewhat shaken, DJ foxed & worn: small tears, small pieces missing. Plain Speaking is based on conversations between Miller and the President Truman, as well as others who knew Truman over the years. Robert A. Aurthur said, "No one will ever study or write about the time of Truman again without a bow of gratitude to Merle Miller. Never has a President of the United States, or any head of state for that matter, been so totally revealed, so completely documented...." Merle Dale Miller (May 17, 1919 – June 10, 1986) was an American author who is perhaps best remembered for his best-selling biography of Harry S. Truman, and as a pioneer in the gay rights movement. He was editor of both Harper and Time magazines. He also worked as a book reviewer for The Saturday Review of Literature and as a contributing editor for The Nation. His work appeared frequently in the New York Times Magazine. His works of nonfiction include We Dropped the A-Bomb (1946), a book he wrote in collaboration with Abe Spitzer, a radioman who was on the bomber The Great Artiste, one of the B-29s that dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Miller came out of the closet in an article in the New York Times Magazine on January 17, 1971, "What It Means to Be a Homosexual." The response of over 2,000 letters to the article, more than ever received by that newspaper, led to a book publication that year. The book was reprinted by Penguin Classics in 2012, with a new foreword by Dan Savage and a new afterword by Charles Kaiser. More
New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1974. Fourth Impression [stated]. Hardcover. 448 pages. Footnotes. Index. Signed by the author on the fep. Minor cover wear. Some pencil marks notes. Plain Speaking is a book based on conversations between Miller and the 33rd president of the United States, as well as others who knew Truman over the years. Robert A. Aurthur said, "No one will ever study or write about the time of Truman again without a bow of gratitude to Merle Miller. Never has a President of the United States, or any head of state for that matter, been so totally revealed, so completely documented...." Merle Dale Miller (May 17, 1919 – June 10, 1986) was an American author who is perhaps best remembered for his best-selling biography of Harry S. Truman, and as a pioneer in the gay rights movement. He was editor of both Harper and Time magazines. He also worked as a book reviewer for The Saturday Review of Literature and as a contributing editor for The Nation. His work appeared frequently in the New York Times Magazine. His works of nonfiction include We Dropped the A-Bomb (1946), a book he wrote in collaboration with Abe Spitzer, a radioman who was on the bomber The Great Artiste, one of the B-29s that dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Miller came out of the closet in an article in the New York Times Magazine on January 17, 1971, "What It Means to Be a Homosexual." The response of over 2,000 letters to the article, more than ever received by that newspaper, led to a book publication that year. The book was reprinted by Penguin Classics in 2012, with a new foreword by Dan Savage and a new afterword by Charles Kaiser. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Marine Corps, 2001. First? Edition. First? Printing. 64, wraps, illus., maps, essay on sources, some damp indications and page rippling, pages separate. More
Washington, DC: Marine Corps Historical Cent, 2001. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 64, wraps, illus., maps, some damp stains & rippling to text, no pages stuck. Marines in the Korean War commemorative series. More
New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1958. 436, footnotes, notes on sources, index, bookplate & slight soiling ins fr bd, bds & spine somewhat scuffed, slight wear spine edges The authors argue that the former clear separation of civil and military elements in formulating U.S. policy has broken down as a result of two world wars and the development of modern weapons. More
Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force, 1978. 23 cm, 358, wraps, illus., maps, footnotes, index, ink name on bottom edge, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2003. Reprint Edition. 23 cm, 401, wraps, illus., maps, footnotes, index, some wear to rear cover. More
Place_Pub: n.p. n.p., 1978. First? Edition. 358, wraps, illus., maps, footnotes, index, covers and spine foxed, some foxing inside rear cover. More
Presumed Department of the Air Force, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [6], xiv, 358, [6] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. Index. Cover has some wear. William Wallace Momyer (September 23, 1916 – August 10, 2012) was a general officer and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Among his notable posts were those commanding the Air Training Command, the Seventh Air Force during the Vietnam War, and the Tactical Air Command (TAC). During his tour in Southeast Asia, he was concurrently the deputy commander of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) for air operations and thus responsible for Operation Rolling Thunder, the air campaign against North Vietnam, which Momyer executed in the face of micromanagement from President Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Momyer was acknowledged in the Air Force community as "a true expert in tactical air warfare." After his 1973 retirement, he spent five years writing Airpower in Three Wars, his treatise on airpower doctrine, strategy, and tactics. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1960. Revised and Enlarged Third Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xiv, 1063, [11] pages. Maps. Plans. Illustrations. Chronological Table. Index. Format is approximately 6 inches by 8.5 inches. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. Lynn Montross studied at the University of Nebraska before serving three years in an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) regiment in World War I, and afterward became a free-lance writer for the Chicago Daily News. He died in 1961, barely a year after the publication of the third edition his most important book, War Through the Ages. Lynn Montross is one of the foremost post-World War II Western military historians. From 1950 to 1961 he was a historical writer for the United States Marine Corps and lived in the Washington, D.C. area. His insightful monumental lifetime work, War Through the Ages (1960), stands as one of the important works of military history in the 20th century. It has been used as a text book by various military academies. More
Washington DC: Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps, Historical Branch, G-3, 1957. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 432, [4] pages. Appendixes. Bibliography. Endpaper maps. Name and notation by previous owner one fep verso. Cover has some wear and soiling. Lynn Montross was born in 1895, and studied at the University of Nebraska before serving three years in an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) regiment in World War I Afterward became a writer for the Chicago Daily News. He died in 1961. Lynn Montross is one of the foremost post-World War II Western military historians. From 1950 to 1961 he was a historical writer for the United States Marine Corps. Though he only published seven books during his life, his insightful monumental lifetime work, War Through the Ages (1960), stands as one of the important works of military history in the 20th century. It has been used as a text book by various military academies. Montross influenced Trevor N. Dupuy and R. Ernest Dupuy's work, The Encyclopedia of Military History. The Encyclopedia of Military History uses the same illustrations as those found in War Through the Ages, but also the Encyclopedia has Montross-like narrative sections describing specific periods of history, or particular battles. More
Washington DC: Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps, Historical Branch, G-3, 1955. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 361, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Appendixes. Glossary of Technical Terms. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Name and notation by previous owner on fep verso. Cover has wear and soiling. Rear board weak and restrengthened with glue. Lynn Montross was born in 1895, and studied at the University of Nebraska before serving three years in an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) regiment in World War I Afterward became a writer for the Chicago Daily News. He died in 1961. Lynn Montross is one of the foremost post-World War II Western military historians. From 1950 to 1961 he was a historical writer for the United States Marine Corps. Though he only published seven books during his life, his insightful monumental lifetime work, War Through the Ages (1960), stands as one of the important works of military history in the 20th century. It has been used as a text book by various military academies. Montross influenced Trevor N. Dupuy and R. Ernest Dupuy's work, The Encyclopedia of Military History. The Encyclopedia of Military History uses the same illustrations as those in War Through the Ages, but also the Encyclopedia has Montross-like narrative sections describing specific periods of history, or particular battles. More
New York: Doubleday, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. 513, illus., bibliography, index, small damp stain inside rear board and to bottom margin of several end pages (no pages stuck). More
New York: Harper & Row, c1988. Uncorr Proof Edition. 25 cm, 533, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers, corner creased, uncorrected proof copy without index notice to reviewers on front cover that changes may be made before the bookis printed. More
Vermillion, SD: University of SD Press, 1991. 24 cm, 354, illus., index, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 1992. Reprint Edition. 916, maps, appendices, bibliography, source notes, index, small sticker residue on front DJ. More
Tokyo, Japan: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., 1951. Hardcover. Quarto, 229, profusely illlus. (some color), color endpaper illus., fold-out map, stamps on rear cover, board corners bumped. Dornbusch 1346. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 10.5 inches. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, 1971. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [1], 27 p. Footnotes. More
Washington, DC: Marine Corps Historical Cent, 2001. 25 cm, 48, wraps, illus., maps, sources, some dampness at bottom edge, no pages stuck. More