The American Military
Chicago, IL: Aldine Pub. Company, [1971]. 21 cm, 180, some wear and soiling to DJ, review copy card laid in. More
Chicago, IL: Aldine Pub. Company, [1971]. 21 cm, 180, some wear and soiling to DJ, review copy card laid in. More
[Chicago, IL]: Aldine Pub. Co., [1971]. 21 cm, 180, bibliography, front DJ torn, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1962. 519, footnotes, biblio, index, boards scuffed & water stained, top corner of front flyleaf cut off, pen underlining & notes. More
New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1962. 519, footnotes, biblio, index, ink name inside front flyleaf, DJ worn: small tears repaired with tape. More
New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1962. 519, footnotes, bibliography, index, slight wear to boards. More
New York: Liveright, [1972]. 22 cm, 216, illus. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, [2], 171, [1] pages. Footnotes, Index. DJ is price clipped and has some wear and soiling. Includes chapters on: Alliances in the Cold War: Vision and Reality; The Nature of Alliances; The Beginnings of American Alliance Policy; Alliances in Europe; Alliances Outside of Europe; and The Future of Alliances. Robert Endicott Osgood (1921–1986) was an expert on foreign and military policy, and the author of several significant texts on international relations. He taught at Johns Hopkins University for twenty five years, and also served as an advisor to Ronald Reagan during the latter's 1980 presidential campaign. He attended Harvard University, where he attained his bachelor's degree as well as his doctorate. He also served in World War II. His teaching career began in 1956 when he became assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago. In 1961 he became Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. In 1969, he took a leave to serve for a year as a staff aide on the U.S. National Security Council, headed by Henry A. Kissinger, in the Nixon Administration. Osgood directed the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research at Johns Hopkins University from 1965 to 1973. From 1973 to 1979 he was dean of the School of Advanced International Studies. He served as an advisor during Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign, and in 1983, Secretary of State George P. Shultz named him to the Policy Planning Council. More
New York: Wiley-Interscience, [1970]. Second Printing. 23 cm, 835, illus., footnotes, bibliography, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper, boards slightly worn and soiled. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. [10], 592, [6] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Notes on Sources. Notes. George Packer (born ca. 1960) is a US journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings for The New Yorker and The Atlantic about U.S. foreign policy and for his book The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. Packer also wrote The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, covering the history of the US from 1978 to 2012. In November 2013, The Unwinding received the National Book Award for Nonfiction. His award-winning biography, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century, was released in May 2019. His latest book, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal was released in June 2021. Our Man was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography. Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke (April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010) was an American diplomat and author. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996). From 1999 to 2001, Holbrooke served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Holbrooke joined the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator Hillary Clinton and became a top foreign policy adviser. Holbrooke's unfulfilled ambition was to become Secretary of State; he, along with George Kennan and Chip Bohlen, were considered among the most influential U.S. diplomats who never achieved that position. Several considered Holbrooke's role in the Dayton Accords to merit the Nobel Peace Prize. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. [A Touchstone Book], 1984. First Paperback Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. [14], 236, [6] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chart. Notes. Glossary. Selected Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Inscribed by author on title page to "a gallant Army wife and true patriot". Name of previous owner and bookplate on fep. Ink underlining and other marks and comments noted in a number of places. An individual unnamed in the text is identified by a marginal comments at page 128. Bruce Palmer Jr. (April 13, 1913 – October 10, 2000) was a United States Army General. He was commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, 1965–1967, and concurrently commander of Task Force 120 and United States Land Forces, Dominican Republic, May 1965. He was commander of the II Field Force, Vietnam, and deputy commander of the United States Army, Vietnam, 1967–1968 and was acting Chief of Staff of the United States Army July 1–October 11, 1972; supervised the drawdown of Army forces from Vietnam; and was commander in chief of the United States Readiness Command. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. [A Touchstone Book], 1984. First Paperback Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. [14], 236, [6] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chart. Notes. Glossary. Selected Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Letter from the publisher laid in. Bruce Palmer Jr. (April 13, 1913 – October 10, 2000) was a United States Army General. He was commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, 1965–1967, and concurrently commander of Task Force 120 and United States Land Forces, Dominican Republic, May 1965. He was commander of the II Field Force, Vietnam, and deputy commander of the United States Army, Vietnam, 1967–1968 and was acting Chief of Staff of the United States Army July 1–October 11, 1972; supervised the drawdown of Army forces from Vietnam; and was commander in chief of the United States Readiness Command. More
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, c1978. Second Printing. 24 cm, 277, illus., maps, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ worn and soiled, pieces of DJ missing, stamp on front endpaper, edges soiled. More
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, c1978. 24 cm, 277, illus., maps, sources, index, some wear to spine and board edges. More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1975]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 408, footnotes, references, index, edges soiled, DJ worn, soiled, torn, and chipped. More
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2002. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxiv, 226, [6] pages. Illustrations. Chronology. Appendix. Notes. Signed by Margaret L. Paris and Elena Maza on the title page. Elena Maza Borkland was 13 years old when she fled Cuba with her two sisters in a political exodus known as “Operation Pedro Pan.” Although she settled near Washington, D.C., her grandfather’s tropical fruit trees back in Cuba would later inspire a passion for sketching and painting flowers and plants. Elena didn’t study art until after college. And it wasn’t until she had worked for an architect and an electrical engineer that she embraced plein air painting. It’s easy to trace a line from the disciplines of architecture and engineering to the delicate intricacy of Elena’s work. The minutiae matter to her. From angel trumpets to flame azaleas, Elena depicts not just the natural beauty she finds while exploring, but the blooms she grows in her own garden. The watercolor work we feature here is titled “American Wisteria.” This native American genus of Wisteria was named “2021 Plant of the Year” by the Virginia Native Plant Society, and the society asked Elena for a rush illustration using a photo reference. But we shouldn’t be surprised if she’s now growing a real-life specimen in her garden. More
New York: Paragon House, 1988. First Edition. First? Printing. 257, map, footnotes, bibliography, index, small ding to bottom of front board, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, edge tears, and scratches. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 820 pages. Illustrated Dust Jacket. Footnotes. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Some front board weakness noted. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Richard Parker (born November 5, 1946) is an economist from the United States. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford, and has worked for the United Nations Development Programme. Parker co-founded Mother Jones magazine and is on the editorial board of The Nation. He wrote the books The Myth of the Middle Class, Mixed Signals: the Future of Global Television News, and John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics. Parker has held Marshall, Rockefeller, Danforth, Goldsmith, and Bank of America fellowships; and is lecturer in public policy and senior fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he teaches courses on modern macroeconomic policy, as well as on the role of religion in American politics and public policy. In June 2008, Parker was elected the 26th President of the liberal political advocacy group Americans for Democratic Action. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, 1975. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [iv], 114 p. Illustrations. Compilation includes copies/facsimiles of documents and press coverage. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, 1975. Revised and Updated Edition. Wraps. [iv], 152 p. Illustrations. Compilation includes copies/facsimiles of documents and press coverage. More
New York: Macmillan, 1976. First Printing. 25 cm, 371, illus., name stamp and pencil erasure on front endpaper, DJ worn, soiled, small tears, and chips. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 291, illus., pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1986. 24 cm, 105, wraps, illus., stamp on half-title, covers creased and somewhat worn. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, 1971. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [2], 31 p. Footnotes. More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 258, [2] pages. Acknowledgments, Notes, and Index. Book includes Introduction; Chapter One: A Soldier Knows; Chapter Two: The Politics of Treason 1; Chapter Three: The Politics of Treason II: Hillary Clinton at the Front; Chapter Four: The Politics of Treason III: The Only Spending Liberals Hate; Chapter Five: Where Have all the Flowers Gone?; Chapter Six: Worn Torn: The Liberals' War with the U.S. Military; Chapter Seven: Desert Tortoise or GI Joe?; Chapter Eight: The Clinton Catastrophe 1: The Anti-Military Presidency; Chapter Nine: The Clinton Catastrophe II: Corruption, Cowardice, and the Fraud of Richard Clarke; Chapter Ten: Winning: George W. Bush and the Art of Command; Chapter Eleven: Who Would Osama Vote For?. Also includes Appendix: Remarks by President George W. Bush to West Point Graduates, 2092; The National Security Strategy of the United States of America; Vietnam Testimony of John Kerry to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1971. Robert "Buzz" Patterson (born October 5, 1955) is an American political author and retired United States Air Force pilot. Patterson earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in business administration from Webster University. Patterson served 20 years on active duty in the United States Air Force. From 1996 to 1998, Colonel Patterson was the Senior Military Aide to President Bill Clinton. During that time he was responsible for the President's Emergency Satchel. He retired in 2001 to pursue a career as a writer, conservative political commentator and commercial pilot. More