The Oral History Collection of the Foundation for Iranian Studies
Washington, DC: Foundation/Iranian Studies, 1991. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 215, wraps, indexes, covers somewhat worn and soiled: sticker residue. More
Washington, DC: Foundation/Iranian Studies, 1991. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 215, wraps, indexes, covers somewhat worn and soiled: sticker residue. More
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 310, Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Glossary. Index. DJ edges worn, soiled and has small tears and chips. Charles Alvin "Charlie" Beckwith (January 22, 1929 – June 13, 1994) was a career U.S. Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier asymmetrical warfare unit of the U.S. Army. He served in the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement. As the 7th SFG(A) operations officer, Beckwith went to work revolutionizing Green Beret training. Beckwith recognized that, "Before a Special Forces Green Beret soldier could become a good unconventional soldier, he'd first have to be a good conventional one." Beckwith restructured 7th's training, basically rewriting the book on Army special operations training from the real-world lessons he had learned with the SAS. Beckwith also had learned that a symbol of excellence like a beret had to be earned. More
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 310 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Glossary. Index. Black line on bottom edge. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Harcourt Author biography press release laid in. Harcourt press release review laid in. Charles Alvin "Charlie" Beckwith (January 22, 1929 – June 13, 1994) was a career U.S. Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier asymmetrical warfare unit of the U.S. Army. He served in the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement. As the 7th SFG(A) operations officer, Beckwith went to work revolutionizing Green Beret training. Beckwith recognized that, "Before a Special Forces Green Beret soldier could become a good unconventional soldier, he'd first have to be a good conventional one." Beckwith restructured 7th's training, basically rewriting the book on Army special operations training from the real-world lessons he had learned with the SAS. Beckwith also had learned that a symbol of excellence like a beret had to be earned. Donald Knox (1936–1986), an award-winning television producer and director, was the author of several books on military history, including The Korean War and Death March. Donald Knox (1936–1986), an award-winning television producer and director, was the author of several books on military history, including The Korean War and Death March. More
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First Edition [stated], first printing {stated]. Hardcover. ix, [1], 310 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Glossary. Index. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Charles Alvin "Charlie" Beckwith (January 22, 1929 – June 13, 1994) was a career U.S. Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier asymmetrical warfare unit of the U.S. Army. He served in the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement. As the 7th SFG(A) operations officer, Beckwith went to work revolutionizing Green Beret training. Beckwith recognized that, "Before a Special Forces Green Beret soldier could become a good unconventional soldier, he'd first have to be a good conventional one." Beckwith restructured 7th's training, basically rewriting the book on Army special operations training from the real-world lessons he had learned with the SAS. Beckwith also had learned that a symbol of excellence like a beret had to be earned. Donald Knox (1936–1986), an award-winning television producer and director, was the author of several books on military history, including The Korean War and Death March. Donald Knox (1936–1986), an award-winning television producer and director, was the author of several books on military history, including The Korean War and Death March. The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (1st SFOD-D), referred to variously as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), Army Compartmented Elements (ACE), or within Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Task Force Green, is a special operations force of the United States Army. More
New York: Avon Books, 2000. First Avon Edition. Fourth Printing. pocket paperbk, 365, wraps, maps, glossary, index, slight waviness to some pages, spine creased, some wear and small creases to cover edges The U.S. counter-terrorist unit and the Iran hostage rescue mission. More
Place_Pub: New York: Avon Books, 2000. First Avon Edition. First Printing. Pocket paperbk, 365, wraps, maps, glossary, index, some wear to cover and spine edges. More
New York: Knopf, 1969. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 421, illus., maps, usual library markings, tape marks. More
Washington, DC: Georgetown University, [1971]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 78, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers, pencil erasure on title page. Foreword by Ambassador John M. Steeves. More
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, c1974. First Printing. 22 cm, 68, wraps, maps, some wear and soiling to covers. More
New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1982. First Paperbk? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 172, wraps, map, some page discoloration. More
Washington, DC: Octavio Books, 2011. Hardcover. 292 pages. Glossary, water stains to boards & DJ, rear DJ flap stuck to rear board, water stains & waviness to text (no pages stuck). More
Moscow: Moscow University, 1969. Presumed First Edition, First printing -- 1 of 1550 copies. Hardcover. TEXT IS IN RUSSIAN. Format is approximately.5.75 inches by 8.75 inches. 262, [2] pages. TItle on spine. Decorative front cover with some wear and soiling. Maps. Figures. Tables. Formulae, frontis Illustration. There appears to be a Bibliography. Stamp "Printed in Soviet Union" on title page. Some weakness at front board notes, small tear near top of spine noted on Frontis and title page. Contains 10 chapters, including: 1. Main Physico-geographic data, 2. Shore Relief, 3, Shore Dynamics, and 10, Flora & Fauna. More
New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987. First Printing. 356, appendix, chronology, bibliography, index, library stamps & pocket, library stickers on DJ, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Wyndham Books [Simon & Schuster], 1980. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 221, [3] pages. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Includes Prologue, The Beginning of the End; The Mounting Danger; The Changing Shah; The Final Downfall; Epilogue, and Postscript. The former ambassador to the United Nations for Iran analyzes the political and personal forces that combined to destroy the Iranian monarchy, discussing the corruption of the royal family and the surge of the Islamic renascence. Fereydoun Hoveyda's brother was Iranian Prime Minister until 1978, when he was murdered by the new government, after having heroically refused to flee the country. Fereydoun Hoveyda (21 September 1924 – 3 November 2006) was an Iranian diplomat, writer and thinker. He was the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations from 1971 until 1979. Hoveyda joined the foreign ministry in the early 1940s. A participant in the final drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he worked in UNESCO from 1951 to 1966. In the late 1960s, he returned to Iran and worked in the Iranian Foreign Ministry as the undersecretary for international and economic affairs. He was also deputy foreign minister. From 1971 to 1979 he represented Iran at the United Nations. Having been forced out of the Iranian Foreign Ministry following the 1979 revolution, Hoveyda became a senior fellow and member of the Executive Committee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP). Apart from politics, he was active in the field of cinema and was a founding member of the editorial board of the celebrated film magazine Cahiers du cinéma. More
Teheran: Kayhan Printing House, 1964. First Edition. Quarto, 160, wraps, illus., spine quite worn, approx. half of spine missing, tear at spine, covers worn and small tears. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019. First U.S. Edition [Stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Includes Prologue: On Dove's Feet, the Kurds. Part One covers The Latest News From the Empire; Part Two covers Five Kingdoms on the Offensive. Also contains Epilogue: Where Does the Sea Go at Ebb Tide? Also contains Index. At the heart of Bernard-Henri Levy's passionate essay is his anger at the betrayal of the Kurds. He spirals out from there to offer a strongly felt portrait of our contemporary reality in which the "empire of nothing", the West that has lost its way, risks being superseded by new powers, the "five kings [Russia, China, Turkey, Iran and Sunni Radical Islamism], pathetic yet daunting, cartoonish yet terrible." A challenging analysis, at once scholarly and readable. In this exquisite gem of a book, Bernard-Henri Levy offers a poetic plea for moral courage and clear thinking in these dark times. He is an international treasure. The Empire and the Five Kings is a cri de coeur that draws upon lessons from history and the eternal touchstones of human culture to reveal the stakes facing the West as America retreats from its leadership role, a process that did not begin with Donald Trump's presidency and is not likely to end with him. The crisis is one whose roots can be found as far back as antiquity and whose resolution will require the West to find a new way forward if its principles and values are to survive. More
Place_Pub: New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007. First Thus Edition. 285, illus., maps, figures, appendices, bibliography, notes, index, slight creasing to top DJ edge. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. 22 cm, 171 pages, notes, bibliography, index, former owner's bookplate inside front flyleaf. Front DJ flap price clipped. This book is number 126 in the series of Praeger Publications in Russian History and World Communism. The work here presented to the reader is the result of study followed up by personal observation. We first assessed the Soviet threat to Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan on the basis of available historical material, and then undertook our journeys in an effort to get a clearer evaluation by on-the-spot observation. We have traveled to Iran and Turkey a number of times in recent years, and in 1960 we both visited Afghanistan. We are concerned with the threat that is posed to these countries by the Russia created by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution of 1917. More
New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xxii, 125, [1] pages. Occasional footnotes. Acronyms. A Note on Definitions. Additional or Dissenting Views. Endnotes. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Task Force Members included Linton Brooks,Ashton Carter, John Deutch, John Gordon, Eugene Habiger, and Laura Holgate. Ink notations on page 113. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), founded in 1921, is a United States nonprofit think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs. It is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. Its membership, which numbers 4,900, has included senior politicians, former secretaries of state, CIA directors, bankers, lawyers, professors, and senior media figures. The CFR meetings convene government officials, global business leaders and prominent members of the intelligence and foreign-policy community to discuss international issues. CFR publishes the journal Foreign Affairs, and runs the David Rockefeller Studies Program, which influences foreign policy by making recommendations to the presidential administration and diplomatic community, testifying before Congress, interacting with the media, and publishing on foreign policy issues. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. First Edition. 458, appendices, chapter notes, bibliography, index, side margins creased pp. 53-56, DJ somewhat soiled & edge wear: small tears. More
Washington, DC: CSIS, 2007. 318, wraps, chapter notes, figures, some wear and scuffing to covers. More
New York: Viking, 2009. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 366,m [2] pages. Inscribed on the title page by David Makovsky. Inscription reads To Dede Thanks for your involvement. I hope you find the book to be interesting and useful. Best Wishes David Makovsky 5/12/10. Includes Preface, Acknowledgments, Notes, Index, Introduction, and Overview. Also includes chapters on Linkage and the Peace Process; Engagement; and Values and Interests. From Wikipedia: "David Makovsky, born June 21, 1960, is the Ziegler distinguished fellow and director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Project on the Middle East Peace Process. In addition, he is an adjunct lecturer at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), in the Middle Eastern studies program. He is the coauthor of the book Myths, Illusions, & Peace with senior White House advisor Dennis Ross. Mr. Makovsky's commentary on U.S. policy towards the Middle East and Middle East Peace Process appears on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. His writing also writings can be found in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, among other places." Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Prior to returning to the Institute in 2011, he served two years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and a year as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. More
Moscow: 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 111, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrated front cover. Inscribed in Russian by the author on the title page. Inscription reads Miloy Mandel ot autora (Translation from the Russian To Mandel from the author). Gulrukhsor Safieva (born 17 December 1947) is a prominent Iranologist, Persian literary figure and Tajik poet. In the late 1970s, Safieva was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Pioneer of Tajikistan. She was known for her contribution to Iranistics, modern Persian poetry and Persian folk songs. She is highly regarded throughout Iranian cultural continent. More
Washington DC: Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 2001. First Printing [Stated]. Wraps. Contains chapters on Iran's World View and NBC Weapons, A Walk on the Supply Side, The Regional Impact, and Creating Better Policy Options. Map of Estimated Ranges of Current and Potential Iranian Ballistic Missiles on page x2. Endnotes. Kori N. Schake (born 1962) is the Deputy-Director General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. She has held several high positions in the U.S. Defense and State Departments and on the National Security Council. She was a foreign-policy adviser to the McCain-Palin 2008 presidential campaign. Schake is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. Judith S. Yaphe is a senior research professor in the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, where she specializes in Middle Eastern political analysis. Dr. Yaphe has been both an officer in residence at the Center for the Study of Intelligence and an analyst on Middle East affairs for the U.S. Government. More
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, c1980. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 29 cm, 463, color illus., maps, glossary, index, small fold in front flyleaf. More