Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1989. First Printing. 304, illus., maps, tables, appendix, references, bibliography, index. More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1989. First Printing. 304, illus., maps, tables, appendix, references, bibliography, index. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm, 527, illus., maps, notes, index, slight wear to spine edges, ink name inside front flyleaf. George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic Bombing Survey in London. During 1945, Ball began collaboration with Jean Monnet and the French government in its economic recovery in its negotiations regarding the Marshall Plan. During 1950 he helped draft the Schuman Plan and the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty. Ball was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs for the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is known for his opposition to escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During August 1968 at the UN Security Council, he endorsed the Czechoslovaks' struggle against the Soviet invasion and their right to live without dictatorship. During Nixon's administration, he helped draft policy proposals on the Persian Gulf. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982. First Edition. First Printing thus. Trade paperback. 24 cm, 527, wraps, illus., maps, notes, index, some wear to cover edges, sticker residue on rear cover. George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic Bombing Survey in London. During 1945, Ball began collaboration with Jean Monnet and the French government in its economic recovery in its negotiations regarding the Marshall Plan. During 1950 he helped draft the Schuman Plan and the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty. Ball was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs for the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is known for his opposition to escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During August 1968 at the UN Security Council, he endorsed the Czechoslovaks' struggle against the Soviet invasion and their right to live without dictatorship. During Nixon's administration, he helped draft policy proposals on the Persian Gulf. More
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1982. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm. xii, [2], 527, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. Some wear to DJ edges. George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic Bombing Survey in London. During 1945, Ball began collaboration with Jean Monnet and the French government in its economic recovery in its negotiations regarding the Marshall Plan. During 1950 he helped draft the Schuman Plan and the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty. Ball was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs for the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is known for his opposition to escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During August 1968 at the UN Security Council, he endorsed the Czechoslovaks' struggle against the Soviet invasion and their right to live without dictatorship. During Nixon's administration, he helped draft policy proposals on the Persian Gulf. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: Alumni Assoc. of War College, 1984. First Printing. 534, chapter notes, chronology, notes on sources, index, top and bottom edges of DJ worn and creased: small tears. More
Carlisle Barracks, PA: The Alumni Association of the United States Army War College, 1994. Revised Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xii, 538, [2] pages. Illustrations. Chapter notes. Chronology. Notes on sources. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. The author was a former member of the faculty of the United States Army War College and a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He was a combat infantry officer. He was a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia. Col. Harry P. Ball (1925-2017) attended New Mexico Military Institute and The United States Military Academy graduating in the Class of 1947. He served in many posts and stations to include two Airborne Divisions, three tours in Korea, Vietnam and Germany. In January 1952, Harry arrived in Korea and was assigned as Company Commander, Co. C, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. For the next six months, Harry’s unit helped man the Main Line of Resistance (MLR), an official campaign known as “Second Korean Winter.” It was during this period of active ground combat that 1st Lt. Ball was promoted to Captain and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. Harry’s final tour of duty was with the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA, where he served on the faculty for three years. During his third year at Carlisle, Harry was head of the Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations. On 31 July 1977, he retired from the Army after thirty years of active service. He was commissioned by the Army War College in Carlisle, PA to write a history of the institution which was published in 1984 under the title of “Of Responsible Command”. More
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1952. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 218, illus., bibliography, index, DJ worn and soiled, some tears to DJ edges. More
New York: Warner Books, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 29 cm. Illustrated endpapers. 231, [1] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Color maps. Appendix. Sticker residue on front and back covers. Introduction by Ludovic Kennedy. Technical and Historical consultation by William H. Garzke, Jr. and Robert O. Dulin, Jr. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. More
Philadelphia, PA: Young, Smyth, Field Company, 1920. First? Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 235 pages. Illus., bds weak, some page soiling. Presentation bookplate inside front board from Young, Smyth, & Field (publishers). More
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1919. 217, illus. (incl 1 color fold-out), tables, fold-out chart, roster, foxing ins flylves, bd & spine edges worn, bds somewhat scuffed. More
New York: Bankers Trust Company, [1917]. 129, chronology, spine foxed and edges worn, board corners and top edge worn, ink name on front flyleaf and title page. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [c1934]. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 357, boards worn, especially at edges, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Moscow: Voen, Izd-vo, 1964. 608 + maps, illus., maps, footnotes, index, errata at p. 607, boards quite worn, small stains & notations inside boards. More
London: Readers Union, 1969. Book Club Edition. 319, map, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn, scuffed, and creased. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First Printing. Hardcover. 23 cm, 364, maps, index, usual library markings. Noel Barber (9 September 1909 – 10 July 1988) was a British novelist and journalist. Many of his novels, considered exotic, are about his experiences as leading foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail. Most notably he reported from Morocco, where he was stabbed five times. In October 1956, Barber survived a gunshot wound to the head by a Soviet sentry in Hungary during the Hungarian revolution A car crash ended his career as journalist. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1976. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 321, illus., some wear to DJ edges. More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1975. Reprint Edition. 343, wraps, some pencil underlining & notations, old price blacked out inside front flyleaf front cover weak, covers worn, rear cover creased. More
London: William Clowes & Sons Ltd., 1952. 459, illus., fold-out maps, tables, appendices, index, green ink notes ins fr flylf, bd corners somewhat bumped, DJ soiled. More
New York: Knopf, 1989. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 361, index, DJ torn at top of spine, DJ edges worn, pencil erasure residue on flyleaf and in index. More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1960. Second Printing. 192, illus., index, DJ soiled: edges worn and small tears. More
New York: Ballantine Books Inc., 1970. Third Printing. 160, wraps, profusely illus., map, chronology, appendix, bibliography, edges of covers & spine worn & small tears. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. Second Printing. 22 cm, 160, wraps, illus., plans. Introduction by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. First Printing. 21 cm, 160, wraps, illus., bookplate, covers quite worn and scuffed. Introduction by Barrie Pitt. More
New York: Viking, 1985. 240, illus., notes, bibliography, library stamps crossed out in marker, small stains to fore-edge, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Viking, 1985. 240, illus., notes, bibliography, some foxing and small stains to fore-edge, DJ soiled. More