The Memoirs of Lord Gladwyn
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1972. First American Edition. 422, appendix, index, slight soiling to fore-edge, top and bottom edges of DJ worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1972. First American Edition. 422, appendix, index, slight soiling to fore-edge, top and bottom edges of DJ worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: Theodor Herzl Foundation, 1958. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, 199, [1] pages. Notes. Appendix (includes:Chronological List of States that have Recognized Israel. Estimated Jewish Population of Latin America, and Voting Tables on the Palestine Question). Selected Bibliography. Index. DJ has wear, soiling, tears, chips and discoloration at edges. Edward Bernard Glick received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida and spent the bulk of his career at Temple University where his last title was Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Early in his career he specialized in civil-military relations, the politics of national defense and Latin American affairs. Later he also addressed Middle East issues. He was fluent in Hebrew and Yiddish and visited Israel frequently. He was a Research Assistant to Israel's United Nations Delegation and was Director of the Commission on International Affairs at the American-Jewish Congress. More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1982. First Published in 1982 [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 174, [2] pages. Illustration. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Edward Bernard Glick received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida and spent the bulk of his career at Temple University where his last title was Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Early in his career he specialized in civil-military relations, the politics of national defense and Latin American affairs. Later he also addressed Middle East issues. He was fluent in Hebrew and Yiddish and visited Israel frequently. He was a Research Assistant to Israel's United Nations Delegation and was Director of the Commission on International Affairs at the American-Jewish Congress. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. 458 pages. Endpaper maps. Frontis illustrations. Maps. Illustrations. Index. DJ quite worn: tears, pieces missing (most of spine), DJ in in a plastic sleeve. Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC, KStJ, KPM (16 April 1897 – 17 March 1986), known as Glubb Pasha, was a British soldier, scholar and author . During the First World War, he served in France and was wounded three times, losing part of his jaw and chin -- hence the nickname the Bedouin later gave him of Abu Hunaik (Father of the Chin).. In 1939 Glubb succeeded Frederick G. Peake as the commander of the Arab Legion (subsequently known as the Jordan Royal Army). He transformed the Legion into the best-trained force in the Arab world. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the Arab Legion was considered the strongest Arab army involved in the war. Glubb led the Arab Legion across the River Jordan to occupy the West Bank (May 1948). Despite some negotiation and understanding between the Jewish Agency and King Abdullah, severe fighting took place in Kfar Etzion (May 1948), Jerusalem and Latrun (May–July 1948). More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 26 cm. 594, [4] pages. Footnotes. Tables. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. The author was formerly Assistant Division Head, U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics; Economic Consultant, U.S> Senate Sub-committee on War Mobilization; Adviser on International Commodity Arrangement, U.S. Department of Commerce. More
New York: Reklam Press, [1943]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 58, usual library markings, part of DJ cut off and pasted to front endpaper, boards somewhat worn and soiled, especially at spine. More
Washington DC: Brassey's, 2000. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. xi, [1], 145, [9] pages. Illustrations. Maps, Chronology. Selected Bibliography. Index. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Rear end paper has a corner creased. Donald M. Goldstein is a retired United States Air Force officer, professor emeritus of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for thirty-five years, a winner of two Peabody Awards, and author of many books. He has also taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, and Troy State University. He is considered the leading authority on the Pearl Harbor attack. Harry J. Maihafer graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1949. As a platoon leader in the Korean War, Mr. Maihafer earned the Silver Star for bravery and the Purple Heart. He received his M.A. degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri in 1966. He retired from the Army in 1969. He later authored six books on military history. More
Melbourne: F. W. Cheshire, 1957. First? Edition. Firs? Printing. 25 cm, 366, maps, endpaper maps, footnotes, index, some wear and soiling to DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper, edges soiled. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. First Edition. 132, wraps, footnotes, index, covers somewhat soiled. More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, [1964]. First Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 356, index, usual library markings. More
New York: American Jewish Committee, [1970]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 48, wraps, maps, slight wear and soiling. More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1968. 1st Evergreen Edition. 159, wraps, covers worn and soiled, some page discoloration, yellow highlighting, number stamped on front endpaper. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1962. 19 cm, 68, wraps. Foreword by Sir John Slessor. More
New York: Praeger, [1965]. 23 cm, 182, usual library markings, erasure residue on front endpaper, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2001. Fourth Printing stated]. Trade paperback. [6], 148 pages. Wraps. Name in ink on half title page. Chapter notes. Index. A little underlining and marginal marks noted on page 3 only. Richard Nathan Haass (born July 28, 1951) is an American diplomat. He has been president of the Council on Foreign Relations since July 2003, prior to which he was Director of Policy Planning for the United States Department of State and a close advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell in the George W. Bush administration. Haass served at the Department of Defense from 1979 to 1980, and at the Department of State from 1981 to 1985. From 1989 to 1993, he was Special Assistant to United States President George H. W. Bush and National Security Council Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs. In 1991, Haass received the Presidential Citizens Medal for helping to develop and explain U.S. policy during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The Senate approved Haass as a candidate for the position of ambassador and he has been U.S. Coordinator for the Future of Afghanistan. He succeeded George J. Mitchell as the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland to help the peace process in Northern Ireland, for which he received the State Department's Distinguished Service Award. At the end of 2003, Mitchell Reiss succeeded him as special envoy. In late 2013, Haass returned to Northern Ireland to chair inter-party talks aimed at addressing some of the unresolved issues from the peace process such as parades, flags and "the past" More
New York: Ecco [an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers], 2008. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [3], 306 pages. Index. Signed by author. Inscribed on fep. "Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is an American politician who is the 24th United States Secretary of Defense. He served as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1997 to 2009. A recipient of two Purple Hearts while an infantry squad leader in the Vietnam War, Hagel returned home to start careers in business and politics. He co-founded Vanguard Cellular and served as president of the McCarthy Group, an investment banking firm, and CEO of American Information Systems Inc. Hagel was first elected to the United States Senate in 1996. He was reelected in 2002, and retired in 2008. He took office on February 27, 2013 as his predecessor Leon Panetta stepped down. Hagel previously served as a professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, chairman of the Atlantic Council, and co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. 329, footnotes, chapter notes, bibliography, index, some pencil underlining and marginal notes, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii. 210, [2] pages. Footnotes. Maps. Select Bibliography. Index. Ink notation on fep. Some wear and soiling on the covers. Corrigendum slip between paged 56 and 57. Foreword by K. G. Younger, the Director of Chatham House. Brigadier Michael Neale Harbottle, OBE (7 February 1917 – 30 April 1997) was a senior British Army officer who was chief of staff of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus from 1966 to 1968, a peace campaigner and amateur cricketer. He served in Italy during the Second World War as a company commander. He was wounded and in 1944 received a Mention in Despatches. Harbottle commanded the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) at Knook Camp, near Warminster, Wiltshire, from 1959 to 1962 and was garrison commander in Aden from 1962 to 1964. He commanded 129 Infantry Brigade, TA, at Oxford, from 1964 to 1966. Harbottle was chief of staff of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus from 1966 to 1968. After two years in the post, the UN Secretary General U Thant requested that Harbottle remain as chief of staff of the UN Force in Cyprus; however, the Ministry of Defence declined to support his continuation in the role. He retired from the army in 1968. He became chief security officer for a British-owned mining subsidiary of the Consolidated African Selection Trust in Sierra Leone. He wrote a book in 1976 titled The Knaves of Diamonds in which he provided his account of events in Sierra Leone during his time there. More
New York, N.Y. Oxford University Press, 1986. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiv, 370 pages. Includes Introduction; Churchill and America; Churchill, Bolshevism, and the Grand Alliance; Churchill Faces Postwar Problems, Teheran to Yalta; Yalta to Postdate; Anglo-Soviet Cold War, United states-Soviet Rapprochement; Churchill and Truman; The "Iron Curtain"; The Making of a Showdown; Confrontation; Aftermath and Conclusion. Also includes Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Fraser Jefcoate Harbutt was a history professor at Emory University for 35 years. He produced three books (one nominated for a Pulitzer Prize) and multiple articles that explored U.S. political and diplomatic history and the Cold War. Fraser started his career as a lawyer and practiced for ten years, first as a partner in New Zealand's largest law firm, Russell McVeagh, and later in England. However his life-long love of history and politics took over, and in the 1970s he received a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to coming to Emory he taught at UCLA, Smith College and the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Iron Curtain: Churchill, America, and the Origins of the Cold War which co-won the Stuart L. Bernath Prize from the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations; The Cold War Era; and Yalta 1945: Europe and America at the Crossroads which won the Southern Historians Association's Charles White Prize in European History, received a Special Citation from the Academy of American Diplomacy, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. More
London: Vallentine, Mitchell, 1972. First U.K.? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 527, DJ worn and badly torn. More
Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press, 1944. First? Edition. First? Printing. 116, index, usual library markings, part of DJ cut off and pasted to front endpaper. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1942]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 160, fold-out map, index, pencil notation on front endpapers, endpapers sl discolored, boards somewhat soiled, spine worn. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1942]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 160, fold-out map, index, usual library markings, rough spot inside rear flyleaf, spine faded The strategy and tactics of communications and transportation. More