History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past
New York: A. A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 318, illus., front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: A. A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 318, illus., front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. 335, index, usual library markings, part of DJ cut off and pasted to fr endpaper, bds somewhat worn. Introduction by Eric Estorick. This is an important snapshot of New Zealand during the traumatic upheaval of the Second World War. More
New York: Columbia University Press, c1990. First Printing. 24 cm, 242, references, index, ink marks and underlining in several colors in several places. Studies of the East Asian Institute. More
Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1985. 28 cm, 144, wraps, covers somewhat worn and soiled, corner creased. More
New York: National Municipal League, 1998. 106, wraps, illus., pencil erasure on title page, sticker residue on front cover. More
n.p. National Council/Nat Front, 1951. 199, index, ink notation on front page. More
Washington, DC: National Democratic Inst. 1998. First? Edition. First? Printing. 14, wraps, very limited yellow highlighting. More
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. 371, illus., further reading, notes, slight damp discoloration to top of book, rear board, and rear DJ, text clear. More
Boston: News Group Boston, Inc., 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Newspaper. 96 pages. Illustrations. Folded in half. Some page browning. The Boston Herald is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981. The Herald was named one of the "10 Newspapers That 'Do It Right'" in 2012 by Editor & Publisher. The Herald American converted to tabloid format in September 1981, but Hearst faced steep declines in circulation and advertising. The company announced it would close the Herald American—making Boston a one-newspaper town—on December 3, 1982. When the deadline came, Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch was negotiating to buy the paper and save it. He closed on the deal after 30 hours of talks with Hearst and newspaper unions—and five hours after Hearst had sent out notices to newsroom employees telling them they were terminated. The newspaper announced its own survival the next day with a full-page headline: "You Bet We're Alive!" Murdoch changed the paper's name back to the Boston Herald. The Herald continued to grow, expanding its coverage and increasing its circulation until 2001, when nearly all newspapers fell victim to declining circulations and revenue. This is an excellent source for what was known/understood at the time, recognizing that newspapers are the first draft of history. More
New York, N.Y. H. Wolff, 1963. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 333, [1] pages. Some DJ wear. Includes Foreword, Acknowledgments, Notes, Appendix: The Documentary Structure of Leviathan, Bibliography, and Index. Chapters on The Need for Leviathan; Drawing Leviathan's English Pattern; Drafting American Specifications; Operation Adjustments; Increasing Friction; Approach of Terror; Disintegration; Constructing the Confederate Leviathan; The Reason for Two Leviathans; Operation under Disadvantages; The Confederate Leviathan Collapses; A New Leviathan; and Perfecting Leviathan's New Design. An historical account of how & why the machinery of American Democracy, despite its expert design and specifications, broke down a century ago and made necessary some new blueprints [from the front of the dust jacket]. This new interpretation of American democracy by fills a real gap. Historians, Mr. Nichols points out, have a way of writing about events and personalities without concerning themselves with the underlying and the significant, the less obvious operations which are the reason for things. In American history, there has been the steady evolution, over a thousand years of English and American experience, of the American knack for maintaining self-government and liberty, the invention of the American mechanism, operated by the people themselves, for securing social order and attaining greatness. For the purpose of adjusting and eliminating the inevitable conflicts of will and interest, they have negotiated and recorded agreement, they have substituted legislation for bloodshed, and they have reached for the pen rather than for the sword. More
New York: Warner Books, 1980. First Printing. 341, map, endpaper maps, source notes, index, DJ soiled and some sticker residue. More
London: Johnson, 1967. American Edition [stated], 1968. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 160 p. 22 cm. Occasional footnotes. More
Brussels, Belgium: NATO Information Service, 1999. 27 cm, 51, wraps, illus., slight wear and soiling to covers. Text by Lawrence Kaplan and Helmut Schmidt. More
New York: An American Enterprise Institute/Simon & Schuster Publication, 1982. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. 433, [2] pages. Notes. Index. Inscribed by the author on fep. Inscription reads for Clare Booth Luce the heroine of our children (especially the two girls) and of their parents! Michael Novak Feb 26, 1983. Embossed seal of Ms. Luce on fep and following page. Michael John Novak Jr. (September 9, 1933 – February 17, 2017) was an American Roman Catholic philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat. The author of more than forty books on the philosophy and theology of culture, Novak is most widely known for his book The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982). In 1993 Novak was honored with an honorary doctorate at Universidad Francisco Marroquín due to his commitment to the idea of liberty. In 1994 he was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, which included a million-dollar purse awarded at Buckingham Palace. He wrote books and articles focused on capitalism, religion, and the politics of democratization. Novak served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1981 and 1982 and led the US delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 1986. Additionally, Novak served on the board of directors of the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, a conservative anti-Communist faction of the Democratic Party, which sought to influence the party's policies in the same direction that the Committee on the Present Danger later did. Novak was George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute. More
Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1990. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 153, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper, DJ worn and soiled: some tears, small pieces missing. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955. First? Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 84, footnotes, neat red underlining on several pages, some wear and soiling to DJ The author argues that the threat of Communist aggression and our proccupation with security have distorted our view and loosened our faith in individual freedom. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955. First? Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 84, footnotes, boards somewhat worn and soiled. The Godkin lectures at Harvard University, 1955. More
New York: Time Books, c1993. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 228, references, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. xxii, 233 p. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxii, 233, [1] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by author and dated on fep. Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947), known as P. J. O'Rourke, is an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and a panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. He has been a columnist at The Daily Beast. He is the author of 20 books, including Holidays in Hell, a compilation of O'Rourke's articles as a free-lance foreign correspondent and All the Trouble in the World, an examination of current political concerns such as global warming and famine from a libertarian perspective. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states: O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject. More
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. [8], 375, [1] pages. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. From Wikipedia: "Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. In 2004, Obama received national attention with his victory in the March Democratic Party primary, his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general election, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Obama was reelected president in November 2012, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and was sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2013." More
New York: Addison-Wesley, November 1997. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 472, [6] pages, Illustrations. Notes and Sources. Index. Slight creasing on top edge of rear dust jacket Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: To Bob Dallek, with admiration for his work, and best regards. Don Oberdorfer. Donald "Don" Oberdorfer Jr. (May 28, 1931 – July 23, 2015) was an American professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University with a specialty in Korea, and was a journalist for 38 years, 25 of them with The Washington Post. He is the author of five books and several academic papers. His book, Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat, won the D.B. Hardeman Prize in 2003. Oberdorfer graduated from Princeton University and went to South Korea as a U.S. Army lieutenant after the signing of the armistice that ended the Korean War. In 1955 he joined The Charlotte Observer, and eventually found a job with The Washington Post. During the next 25 years, he worked for The Post, serving as White House correspondent, Northeast Asia correspondent, and diplomatic correspondent. He retired in 1993. At the Nitze school, beyond his teaching position, Oberdorfer served as chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute from its inauguration in 2006 and was named chairman emeritus in 2013. More
Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, 271, [1] pages.DJ has some wear and sticker residue. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Inscription reads: To Jean Brounas, with fondest regards, Bill, Odom. Includes Acknowledgments, Introduction, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Includes chapters on The Two-Camp Struggle: Competing Approaches; The Political and Economic Context for Internal War; The Indigenous Sources of Internal Wars; Where U.S. Involvement in Internal Wars is Probable; The Record of East-West Competition in the Third World; Case Assessments: Test of Concepts; The El Salvadoran Case; The Guatemalan Case; The Philippines Case; The Middle East-Southwest Asian Challenge; Case Assessments Conclusion; What Is to Be Done? William Eldridge Odom (June 23, 1932 – May 30, 2008) was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as Director of the National Security Agency under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31-year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing in matters relating to the Soviet Union. After his retirement from the military, he became a think tank policy expert and a university professor and became known for his outspoken criticism of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, 271, [1] pages. Publisher's ephemera on the book laid in. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Some ink underlining and comments, primarily but not exclusively in the Introduction. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Jay Peterzeh, Best wishes as you struggle with the soporific prose! William E. Odom 1 Sep 92. Acknowledgments, Introduction, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. The Two-Camp Struggle: Competing Approaches; The Political and Economic Context for Internal War; The Indigenous Sources of Internal Wars; Where U.S. Involvement in Internal wars is Probable; The Record of East-West Competition in the Third World; Case Assessments: Test of Concepts; The El Salvadoran Case; The Guatemalan Case; The Philippines Case; The Middle East-Southwest Asian Challenge; and Case Assessments, Conclusion. William Eldridge Odom (June 23, 1932 – May 30, 2008) was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as Director of the National Security Agency under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31-year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing in matters relating to the Soviet Union. After his retirement from the military, he became a think tank policy expert and a university professor and became known for his outspoken criticism of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. Odom was a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he specialized in military issues, intelligence, and international relations. He earned a national reputation as an expert on the Soviet military. More