The Decision to Divide Germany: American Foreign Policy in Transition
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1978. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 212, footnotes, usual library markings, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1978. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 212, footnotes, usual library markings, some wear and soiling to covers. More
Place_Pub: New York: The Free Press, 1980. First Printing. 504, illus., endpaper illus. bibliography, index, stamp & red dot on top edges, some edge foxing, sticker residue inside front flylf. More
New York, N.Y. The Macmillan Company, 1970. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vii, [2], 356, [2] pages. DJ has small chips to top and bottom edges. Includes Preface, Afterword, Acknowledgments, Sources, and Notes, and Index. Some pencil underlining and notes to text. This book is the story of a President's fight for preparedness. It is also the story of a man who had promised again and again that American boys would not be sent to foreign wars, but who said as he observed a world in which liberty was fast disappearing: "We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.'' Leonard S. Baker (January 24, 1931 – November 23, 1984) was an American writer. He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews, a book about Leo Baeck. His other published works include The Johnson Eclipse: A President's Vice Presidency, Back to Back: The Duel Between FDR and the Supreme Court, John Marshall: A Life in Law, Brandeis and Frankfurter: A Dual Biography, Brahmin in Revolt, Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor, and The Guaranteed Society. A 1952 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Arts and Sciences, Baker was a reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from 1955 to 1956 and for Newsday from 1956 to 1965. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 479, DJ frayed at top of spine, rear board weak, top and bottom edges soiled. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1977. Second Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 576, notes, index, discoloration inside hinges, some wear and small tears to DJ edges, some DJ soiling. Inscribed by the author. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995. Hardcover. 24 cm, 212, pages. Small crease in front DJ flap. Signed by the author. More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, c1987. First Printing. 24 cm, 240, illus., DJ worn, woiled, small edge tears, and chips, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, c1992. First Printing. 24 cm, 571, footnotes, bibliography, index, ink note on front endpaper. More
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, c1993. First Paperbk Printing. 24 cm, 571, wraps, footnotes, notes, index, text somewhat darkened, some wear and small creases to cover edges The life of James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend. A twice-jailed scoundrel, people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools, compelling orator, and master of political farce, he was the mayor of Boston, a Congressman, and Governor. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1960. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 474, [2] pages. Index. Ink notation on fep. DJ is price clipped DJ is taped to boards DJ has some wear, tears, soiling, and faded lettering. Rear board has some weakness, restrengthened with glue. This work contain substantial information on Theodore Roosevelt (but less than is on Franklin). The index shows multiple references for Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant and William McKinley. There is significant discussion of other leading politicians (often candidates) and members of the Cabinet. There are several discussions of possible third term campaigns. Jack Bell was a noted political journalist who was with the Associated Press from 1937 to 1969. He covered the Senate for many years. He was one of the reporters in Dallas who provided timely reporting on the Kennedy assassination. More
Washington, DC: Sugar Statistics Service, 1969. First? Edition. First? Printing. 221, footnotes, references, ink name on front endpaper. More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001. 1st Carroll Edition. First Thus? Printing. 354, illus., references, index, library date stamp on top edge blacked out (only library marking), black mark on bottom edge. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. First Printing. 430, illus. (some in color), notes, sources, index. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. First Printing. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 430 pages. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. (some in color). Notes. Sources. Index. Autographed sticker on front DJ. Signed by the author. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Michael Richard Beschloss (born November 30, 1955) is an American historian. A specialist in the United States presidency, he is the author of nine books. . He is a trustee of the White House Historical Association and the National Archives Foundation and he also sits on the board of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He has been a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello), the Urban Institute, the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs and the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. He also sits on the advisory board to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and was a member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. He has held appointments in history at the Smithsonian Institution, a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony's College, a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard University Russian Center, a Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Foundation, and a Montgomery Fellow and Dorsett Fellow at Dartmouth College. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c2002. Fourth Printing. 25 cm, 377, illus. with 16 pages of plates, maps, footnotes, notes, bibliography, index. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c2002. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 377 pages. Illus. with 16 pages of plates, maps, footnotes, notes, bibliography, index. Signed by the author. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. 318, illus., bibliographical note, sources, chapter notes, index, 2 fr flylves glued together, large rough spot inside rear flyleaf. More
Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, c1993. 24 cm, 235, acid-free paper, illus. More
New York: Vintage Books, 1962. Third, Revised Edition. Wraps. 403 pages, 13 cm, wraps, bibliography, index, covers somewhat worn and soiled, some page browning, highlighting/underlining. More
New York: Alfred A, Knopf, 1947. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. viii, [1], 312, vii pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Dust jacket has some wear and soiling, edge tears and chips. Some discoloration. More
New York: Knopf, c1947. Rev/1st Thus Edition. 22 cm, 312, biblio, index, fr bd weak/reglued, spine faded, pencil erasure on fr endpaper, signature of noted author Elmer Davis ins fr bd. More
London: H. Hamilton, [1965]. 25 cm, 626, illus., rear board weak, DJ worn with small tears. More
New York: Pantheon Books, c1988. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 275, Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1967]. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 22 cm, 279 pages, illus., former owner's stamp on front endpaper and top edge. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1967]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 279, illus., bibliographical footnotes, DJ torn at spine, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Foreword by Philip M. Klutznick. More