Moving Targets
New York: Tor Books [published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. ], 1999. First mass marker paperback ed. [stated]. First ptg [stated]. Mass-market paperback. Glued binding. 480 p. More
New York: Tor Books [published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. ], 1999. First mass marker paperback ed. [stated]. First ptg [stated]. Mass-market paperback. Glued binding. 480 p. More
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1989. Unknown printing. Trade paperback. xxxii, [2], 380, [2] pages. Includes Foreword by William A. Joseph, and Preface. Topics covered include The Hold of History; Learning to Be Red and Expert; The Thirty-Six Stratagems; Hidden Messages; Ox Ghost and Snake Spirits; Winds and Waves; The Degenerate and the Worn Shoe; The Red, the Black, and the In-Between; Smashing the Four Olds; Cleaning Our Own Nest; Picking Up the Pieces; Rebels and Royalists; Going to See the Great Helmsman; Sending Off the Monsters; Defending the Mountain Devil; The Carpenter-Spy; Reply from a Socialist-Roader; On the Road; Rocks Down the Well; A Long March, by Hook or Crook; Spring Festival Visitors; The Capless Official; Smears and Skirmishes; Spring Buds; Arrival of the Cadets; The Grand Alliance; Uncommon Laughter; Victory Fish; The First Martyr; Summons by Subterfuge; Storming the Enemy Stronghold; Spies in the Marketplace; Family Skeletons; Playing with Fire; The Obstinacy of Truth; On the Run; From Victors to Vanquished; Living in Limbo; Class Brothers Take Revenge; The Radiance of the Setting Sun; Three Loyalties and Four Boundless Loves; Hostage for a Hobby; The Twelve-Force Typhoon; The Irretrievable Past; The Way Out; Postscript. Also includes Biographical Notes and Glossary. Born Red is an artistically wrought personal account, written very much from inside the experience of the years 1966-69. Gao relates how students-turned-Red Guards held mass rallies against "capitalist-roader' teachers and administrators, marching them through the streets and driving some of them to suicide. More
Place_Pub: Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1968. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 304, maps, endpaper maps, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: edge tears/chips. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 232, acid-free paper, references, index, publisher's ephemera laid in, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xii, 354 p. Illustrations. Maps. Author's Note. Index. More
New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 256 p. Notes. Index. More
New York: Scribner, [1971]. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 192, illus., usual library markings (some blacked over) The story of the author's activities as an SOE agent in WWII. He won the DSO and MC, Legion d'Honneur, and three Croix de Guerre. More
New York: Gallery Books, 1984. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. 224p. Illustrations. More
New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 308 pages. Notes. Index, Signed by the author on the title page. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Typed "Signed First Edition" is affixed to the plastic sleeve at the bottom of the spine. A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election. He lost the electoral college vote 266–271 to Republican nominee George W. Bush. After his term as vice-president ended in 2001, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him (jointly with the IPCC) the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Gore is the founder and current chair of The Climate Reality Project, the co-founder and chair of Generation Investment Management, a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. and a senior adviser to Google. Gore was also the subject of the Academy Award winning (2007) documentary An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, as well as its 2017 sequel An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. In 2007, he was named a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year. More
New York: Facts on File, c1978. 24 cm, 285, pencil erasure residue on endpapers. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 365, illus., facsim., endpaper plan, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1993. First? Edition. First? Printing. 245, wraps, illus., notes, bibliography and filmography, index. More
New York: Ivy Books; Ballantine Books, 1990. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Mass-market paperback. [2], 341 p. Illustrations. Maps. Diagrams. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling. Lawrence Nicholas "Larry" Guarino (April 16, 1922 – August 18, 2014) was a U.S. Air Force officer, and veteran of three wars. Shot down on his 50th combat mission, he spent more than 8 years as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War and earned the Air Force Cross. As a POW at the Hanoi Hilton, he shared a cell with John McCain, future senior United States Senator from Arizona and Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election. Colonel Guarino authored A P.O.W.’s STORY: 2801 Days in Hanoi about his experiences in captivity. Guarino was the only Vietnam POW to have flown combat missions over Hanoi in a previous war. The author was the eleventh American to be captured during the Vietnam war. He was a veteran of three wars. More
Jerusalem: Keter Books, 1969. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 260, illus., some soiling, wear, and scuffing to DJ. More
New York: Human Rights First, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. [4], 117, [1] pages. Format 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Illustrations. Glossary. Case Studies. Endnotes. Cover has some wear and soiling. This report examines the role of private security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. It describes the failure of the U.S. government to effectively control their actions, and in particular the inability or unwillingness of the Department of Justice to hold them criminally responsible for their illegal actions. While some of these contractors have been fired or received other employment sanctions, practically none have been prosecuted for serious misconduct that have resulted in death or serious injuries. Although the primary focus of this report is on private security contractors (PSCs), we also examine the role of private contractors in the interrogation process, specifically at Abu Ghraib. This report is based on information gained from meetings with: representatives from industry and trade associations; the military, other federal agencies and Congress; international organizations and the nonprofit community; academia; the legal community; and the media. It also is based on court records, government reports, declassified documents and other documentary sources. In general the operations of PSCs are far less transparent than those of the military services whose functions the PSCs increasingly are taking on. More
New York: Delacorte Press, [1973]. First Printing. 21 cm, 319, illus., DJ somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Plenum Trade, c1999. First Printing. 271, glossary of legal terms, publisher's ephemera laid in. More
New York: Doubleday, c1993. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 374, slight sticker residue on DJ and front endpaper. More
Florence: Qua d'Arno, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 9.25 inches by 11 inches. 156, [4] pages. Illustrated cover. Profusely illustrated. Text is in English and Spanish. The Spanish translation was by Amor Gil. Slight cover wear noted. Illustrates and describes numerous torture devices including breast rippers, the ever popular rack and iron maiden, heretics fork and many more. Robert Held is the author or compiler of books such as Arms and Armor Annual Volume 1 - Thirty Outstanding Articles On Weaponry By Leading Arms Armor Historians Of the World. Mr. Held, though having written extensively on firearms, "accepted the task of writing this Guide because his anti- torture and anti- death-penalty views coincide with those of the exhibition's organizers". Torture is the deliberate, state-sponsored infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. Torture has been carried out since ancient times. A variety of methods of torture are used, often in combination; the most common form of physical torture is beatings. Torture aims to break the victim's will and destroy their agency and personality. Torture is one of the most devastating experiences that a person can undergo. Public opinion research has shown general opposition to torture, although a minority of people support the use of torture in certain cases. Opposition to torture stimulated the formation of the human rights movement after World War II, and torture continues to be an important human rights issue. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. First Edition. 374, illus., appendices, DJ somewhat soiled: small tears/chips, some edge soiling, heavy ink crossout inside front flyleaf. More
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xix, [3], 394 pages. Endpaper maps. Introduction by David Remnick. Section entitled: Torture at Abu Ghraib, Intelligence Failure, The Other War, The Iraq Hawks, Who Lied to Whom?, The Secretary and the Generals, A Most Dangerous Friend, and The Middle East After 9/11; Also includes Epilogue, Acknowledgments, and Index. Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and political writer. He was a longtime contributor to The New Yorker magazine on national security matters and has also written five articles for the London Review of Books since 2013. Hersh first gained recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. During the 1970s, Hersh covered the Watergate scandal for The New York Times and revealed the clandestine bombing of Cambodia. In 2004, he reported on the U.S. military's mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. He has also won two National Magazine Awards and five George Polk Awards. In 2004, he received the George Orwell Award. His 1983 book The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House won him the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times book prize in biography. More
New York: Random House, 2010. Sixth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 473, [5] pages. Map. Illustrations. Notes. Index. The true story of a forgotten hero, Lt. Louis Zamperini, a World War II prisoner-of-war survivor. After his B-24 bomber crashed in the Pacific in 1941, he was captured by the Japanese, held at Ofuna, and severely beaten and mistreated by the sadistic Mutsuhiro Watanabe until the end of the war. Laura Hillenbrand (born May 15, 1967) is an American author of books and magazine articles. Her two best-selling nonfiction books, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001) and Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (2010), have been adapted for film. Her writing style is distinct from New Journalism, dropping 'verbal pyrotechnics' in favor of a stronger focus on the story itself. Her books were written while she was disabled by that illness. In a 2014 interview, Bob Schieffer said to Laura Hillenbrand: "To me your story – battling your disease... is as compelling as his (Louis Zamperini's) story." Hillenbrand's essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Equus magazine, American Heritage, The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times, The Backstretch, Turf and Sport Digest, and other publications. Her 1998 American Heritage article on the horse Seabiscuit won the Eclipse Award for Magazine Writing. In 2015, she was interviewed by James Rosen, about how she had written Unbroken; She mentioned how her subject, Louis Zamperini, inspired her in facing her own life problems, with his unfailing optimism. Zamperini had read her essay about her own illness, which was partly why he opened up about his life so thoroughly. More
New York: Twelve, 2011. First Edition [stated], Second Printing. Hardcover. xix, [1], 788, [8] pages. Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British-American author and journalist who wrote or edited over 30 books (including five essay collections) on culture, politics, and literature. Hitchens originally described himself as a democratic socialist, and he was a member of various socialist organizations throughout his life, including the International Socialists. Hitchens eventually stopped describing himself as a socialist, but he continued to identify as a Marxist, supporting Marx's materialist conception of history. Hitchens was very critical of aspects of American foreign policy, such as American involvement in war crimes in Vietnam, Chile and East Timor. However, he also supported the United States in the Kosovo War, the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War and other military interventions. Hitchens described himself as an anti-theist, who saw all religions as false, harmful and authoritarian. He argued for free expression and scientific discovery, and asserted that they were superior to religion as an ethical code of conduct for human civilization. He also advocated separation of church and state. The dictum "What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence" has become known as Hitchens's razor. Born and educated in England, Hitchens worked as a journalist with the New Statesman magazine in London in the 1970s after leaving Oxford. In the early 1980s he emigrated to America and wrote for The Nation and Vanity Fair. Hitchens died from complications related to esophageal cancer in December 2011. More
Smithtown, NY: Exposition Press, 1981. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xxxvii, 119 p. More
New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1976. 24 cm, 633, illus., appendix, index, DJ in plastic sleeve. More