Counterattack on the Naktong, 1950
Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, [1985]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 135, wraps, fold-out plates, maps, notes, bibliography, bottom of cover strengthened/repaired with clear tape. More
Fort Leavenworth, KS: U.S. Army Command, [1985]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 135, wraps, fold-out plates, maps, notes, bibliography, bottom of cover strengthened/repaired with clear tape. More
Alexandria, VA: Army Information Digest, 1963. 47, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn and soiled, some page discoloration. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1970]. First Printing. 24 cm, 690, illus., bibliography, index, DJ worn, torn, and soiled, front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. First Simon & Schuster Hardcover Edition [Stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [10], 413, [5] pages. Endnotes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. This is a Council on Foreign Relations book. Gideon Rose is a former editor of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as Associate Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs on the staff of the National Security Council from 1994 to 1995 under the Clinton Administration. In 1985 Rose was appointed assistant editor of The National Interest, a foreign policy quarterly. He then went on to hold a similar position at a domestic quarterly, The Public Interest. In 1996, he joined Princeton University's Politics Department as a lecturer on American foreign policy and then held a similar position at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University, where he currently teaches as an adjunct professor in the department of political science. Rose was an Olin Senior Fellow and the Deputy Director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations from 1995 to 2000, before he was appointed managing editor of Foreign Affairs to replace Fareed Zakaria. On June 3, 2010, it was announced that Rose would be succeeding James F. Hoge, Jr. as the editor of Foreign Affairs. He took up the position on October 1, 2010. Rose left as editor in January 2021 and joined the Council on Foreign Relations' think tank to write a book. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 336, [4] pages. Includes appendix, map of Korea, footnotes, seven full-page Herblock cartoons, and index. DJ is price clipped. DJ spine discolored, and small chips to DJ edges. Erasure residue on fep. Richard Halworth Rovere (May 5, 1915 – November 23, 1979) was an American political journalist. In the early 1940s, he was an assistant editor at The Nation. He joined The New Yorker in 1944 and wrote its "Letter from Washington" column from December 1948 until his death. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, he periodically contributed to Esquire, Harper's, and The American Scholar; now and then he reported on American matters for Britain's Spectator. His reporting got him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. Arthur Schlesinger's work focused on leaders such as Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1965]. 21 cm, 366, illus., map, references, index, usual library markings, some page discoloration, scotch tape marks on boards First published in 1951 under title: The General and the President. An examination of the tense relationship between General MacArthur and President Truman during the Korean War, as well as a penetrating analysis of the fall of China to Communism. More
Leyden: A. W. Sijthoff, 1970. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 498 p., 6 p. of photos., port. 25 cm. Select Bibliography. Index. More
Washington DC: CreateSpace Independent Publisher, 2013. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. vi, 374, [2] pages. Illustrations. Inscribed on title page by Ed Rowny. This is a combination of his autobiography and a biography of his first boss John Elliott Wood. Wood was considered the best trainer in the Army. Wood gave him increasing responsibilities which resulted in his being promoted ahead of his contemporaries. Wood's examples of professionalism and character had a profound influence over his career. Highlights of this exciting story include: Why attending the 1936 Olympics changed the course of my life, His first assignment in the 41st Singing Engineers, How he became General Douglas MacArthur's spokesman, How Col. Wood's example of moral courage convinced me to retire in protest after the signing of the unverifiable SALT II Treaty It covers the story of an astonishingly varied career that includes service in the combat engineers, commander of an infantry division, pioneering in the new techniques of armed helicopters, and finally Military Representative to the SALT Treaty with the Russians. More
New York: M. Evans, c1990. First Printing. 24 cm, 610, illus., note on sources, appendix, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: M. Evans, c1990. First Printing. 24 cm, 610, illus., note on sources, appendix, index, some scratches to DJ. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, c1990. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 672, illus., references, index, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, and creased, corner of p. 571 creased. More
New York: Fromm International Pub. 1999. First Edition. Third Printing. 452, illus., map, sources, index. More
New York: Fromm International Pub. 1999. First Edition. First Printing. 452, illus., map, sources, index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve Three U.S. Marine regiments (12,000 men) were surrounded by eight Chinese divisions (60,000 men) who had emerged from hiding to pounce on the Americans. Describes how the Marines broke out of encirclement while inflicting grueling punishment on the enemy. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1957. Book Club Edition. 333, illus., DJ worn: small tears, small pieces missing at spine The author served with the First Marine Division in Korea. More
Gunter Air Force Sta, AL: Air Force Logistics Mgmt Cen, [1996]. 28 cm, 208, wraps, v.1 only, illus., maps, some wear and soiling to covers, bookplate. More
New York: Random House, c1997. First Edition. Second Printing. 25 cm, 365. More
Jackson Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2001. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xix, [1], 363, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Includes Foreword (by Ken Hechler), Preface, and Acknowledgments. Also includes The Magic of Flying: Concluding Thoughts; Glossary; Bibliography; Interviews, Letters, and Tapes; and Index. Topics covered include The Berlin Airlift, 1948; Korea, 1950; Strategic Reconnaissance; Vietnam, 1965; and The Magic of Flying: Concluding Thoughts. Inscribed on the title page. Inscription reads: For Suclew Zaveclarack with best wishes, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, 6/2006. The author uses personal experiences to underscore American airpower's formidable role in winning the Cold War. More
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2001. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xix, [1], 363, [1] pages. Illustrations. Glossary. Bibliography. Interviews, Letters, and Tapes. Index. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear and soiling, and is in plastic cover. Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born February 2, 1935) is a German-born American author and a veteran of the United States Air Force. Samuel attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business in 1960, and subsequently the National War College. He served in the United States Air Force for 30 years, retiring with the rank of colonel in 1985. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal multiple times during his years of active duty. [ His second book, I Always Wanted to Fly: America's Cold War Airmen, is a compilation of oral histories of American aviators of the Cold War era. As of 2015, Samuel has published eight books. The first, German Boy: A Child in War, is a memoir detailing the war years and his post-war life as a refugee, and features a foreword by historian Stephen Ambrose. His second book, I Always Wanted to Fly: America's Cold War Airmen, is a compilation of oral histories of American aviators of the Cold War era. More
Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2015. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 461, [7] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: "To Jerry with best wishes--Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, 5/25/2015." Includes Terms and Abbreviations, Acknowledgments, Foreword by James F. Tent, Introduction, Thoughts about Sacrifice and a Terrible War--The Cost of Victory, Notes, Interviews and Photographs, Bibliography, and Index. The 27 stories in this book serve as a graphic reminder of the selfless heroism of America's World War II Army Air Forces flyers, and how necessary they were to achieve Allied victory. The stories in this unique book are about airmen who went face to face with their adversaries, who saw their buddies die, who crashed planes, and who became prisoners of war. Many later went on to become the backbone of the postwar Air Force, serving in Korea and Vietnam and during the Cold War. More
Washington, DC: National Press Books, 1992. First? Edition. First? Printing. 352, endnotes, index. Foreword by William Westmoreland. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Marine Corps, 1968. First? Edition. First? Printing. 26 cm, 24, wraps, pencil erasure on title page, some pages not completely cut, some wear and soiling to covers, includes change sheets. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Marine Corps, 1980. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 83, wraps, illus., maps, notes, chronology, Medal of Honor recipients, small tear rear cover, sticker residue front cover. More
[Dumfries, VA]: Centaur Publications, 1977-c1978. First Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 1281 total, 2-vol. set, illus., tables, charts, pencil erasure fr endpprs, some wear and soiling to DJ's, small tear rear DJ flap v.1. More
[Dumfries, VA]: Centaur Publications, 1977. First Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 646, v.1 only of the 2-vol. set, illus., tables, charts, some wear to board corners. Inscribed by the author to Col. John Hill. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. 216, illus., maps (lg map in pocket at end of vol. ), charts, tables, ftnotes, biblio note, glossary, index, rough spot ins r bd. More