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Konrad Adenauer: The Authorized Biography
London: Andre Deutsch, 1957. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 543, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ worn. More
Military Occupation
The Big Red One; America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2007. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 594 pages. Foreword by Paul H. Herbert. List of Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling noted. Slightly cocked. Col. James Scott Wheeler, USA (Ret.), is a retired professor of history at the United States Military Academy. He is the author of several books, including The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm and The Irish and British War, 1637--1654: Triumph, Tragedy, and Failure. More
MacArthur; His Rendezvous with History
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. xi, [1], 547, [1], xiii, [1] pages. List of Maps. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and shows wear, tears, chips, creases and soiling. Signed by the author on the second fep. Major General Courtney Whitney (May 20, 1897 - March 21, 1969) was a lawyer and US Army commander during World War II who later served as a senior official during the US occupation of Japan. He played a major role in the liberalization of Japanese government, society, and economy during the occupation. Whitney worked in intelligence in Washington, DC, and was assigned to serve as the intelligence officer to the 14th Air Force in China when General Douglas MacArthur requested for him to be assigned to the Southwest Pacific Theater. Whitney accompanied MacArthur to Japan and became Chief of the Government Section at GHQ. With Lt. Col. Milo Rowell, he drafted the Constitution of Japan and sent it to the Diet for approval. More
Ending the US War in Afghanistan; A Primer
Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press [An imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.], 2010. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xv, [1], 216 pages. Map. Facts and Figures. Historical Timeline. Notes. Resources. Minor pencil marks noted. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed and dated on the title page by Phyllis Bennis. David Wildman is the executive secretary for Human Rights & Racial Justice with the United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Ministries. He visits Afghanistan and the Middle East regularly. He serves on the World Council of Churches Palestine-Israel Ecumenical Forum Core Group. David holds both an MDiv. and MPhil. (for doctoral work) in Social Ethics from Union Theological Seminary (NY). Phyllis Bennis (born January 19, 1951) is an American writer, activist, and political commentator. Focusing mainly on issues related to the Middle East and the United Nations, she is a strong critic of Israel and the United States and a leading advocate of Palestinian rights. More
France: Summer 1940. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, Campaign Book, No. 6
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. Second Printing. 22 cm, 158, wraps, illus., maps, bookplate. Introduction by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart. More
Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Account
Place_Pub: Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 305, illus., notes, bibilography, index, DJ somewhat worn/soiled: edge tears/chips, three lines underlined on rear DJ flap. More
Backwater War
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1975, c1974. First American Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 213, tape marks on cover, pencil erasure on verso, minor soiling to front endpaper, rear endpaper missing. More
Lazar: The Autobiography of My Father
New York: Viking Press, 1980. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 212, illus., notes, references, DJ worn, soiled, and some edge tears, p. 35 creased, some soiling to fore-edge. More
Battle for Berlin; End of the Third Reich. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II, Battle Book, No. 6
New York: Ballantine, 1972. Third Printing. Trade paperback. 21 cm. 160 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Diagrams. Maps. Bookplate. Bibliography. Introduction by Barrie Pitt. Earl Frederick Ziemke (December 16, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an American military historian whose work was mainly on World War II and especially the Soviet-German clash in Eastern Europe. The author served in the Marines during World War II. After learning Japanese at Camp Elliot, California, Ziemke served in the Pacific. He fought in the Battle of Peleliu and then won the Purple Heart for wounds received in the assault on Okinawa. At the end of the war, Corporal Ziemke served at Tientsin, China. After his discharge, he used the G.I. Bill to pursue higher education, and in 1951 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. From 1951 until 1955, he worked at the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University, while for the period 1955-1967, he was an official historian for the United States Army’s Office of the Chief of Military History in Washington, D.C. More