Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned from Vietnam
New York: Putnam, c1989. First American Edition. 24 cm, 269, one bumped corner has tear at edge, DJ soiled. More
New York: Putnam, c1989. First American Edition. 24 cm, 269, one bumped corner has tear at edge, DJ soiled. More
n.p. National Guard Bureau, c. 1995? Quarto, 59, wraps, profusely illus. (many in color), lower corner front cover and some pages bent. More
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1912. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [8 pages of advertisements], pages 209-312, [and 16 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Maps. Cover soiled, worn, torn with bottom part of spine missing and part of top front cover corner. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. More
Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1912. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [8 pages of advertisements], pages 209-312, [and 16 pages of advertisements] plus covers. Illustrations. Maps. Cover is missing. Pencil notes on first page. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, 1969. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. [8], 104 p. Map. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, c1987. 25 cm, 373, illus., some damp damage to DJ, boards, and bottom edge, text clean. More
Maplewood, NJ: C. S. Hammond & Co., c. 1967. 21" x 29", 1 map, 1 color map (folded to 10.5" x 7.25"), illus., chronology, some soiling/stains & small rough spots, small tears at fold lines. More
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co, [1968]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 163, front flyleaf removed, ink notation to half title. More
New York: R. W. Baron, 1970. First? Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 291, references, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Introduction by Senator George McGovern. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1971. 24 cm, 341, maps. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Fourth Printing. 260, DJ flaps cut off and taped inside boards, name written in ink inside front flyleaf. More
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. xvi, 206 pages. Maps. Notes. Epilogue: reflections on a war. Chronology. Bibliographical Essay. Index. This is one of Twayne's International History Series. The volumes in this series critically assess United States foreign relations since 1945 by presenting both historical and contemporary information on the effect that U.S. politics and economics have had on a multitude of areas around the world. Each volume is an authoritative, readable account by a preeminent historian and includes: A concise chronology of major events Background on pre-1945 history Details on the development and impact of U.S. foreign policy Explication of themes in postwar international relations Insights into the effects of U.S. policy on people worldwide. Gary R. Hess is Distinguished Research Professor of History at Bowling Green State University. He is a past president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and a former chair of the U.S. State Department’s Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation. His publications include Vietnam and the United States: Origins and Legacy of War 1941-1945 and Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. More
Chicago, IL: Moody Press, [1968]. Third Printing. 22 cm, 128, illus., map, ink notation (not from author) inside front flyleaf. More
Chicago, IL: Moody Press, [1968]. First Printing. 22 cm, 128, illus., map, some scuffing and soiling to DJ. More
Washington, DC: Indochina Resource Center. 1974. Presumed first edition/first printing this issue. Wraps. 12 pages. 28 cm. Illustrations. More
Singapore: Inst/Southeast Asian Studies, 1996. First Paperbk? Printing. 402, wraps, maps, endpaper maps, tables, minor damp signs (slight page rippling) at bottom, covers somewhat worn and soiled. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Johns Hopkins Paperback Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xii, [2], 236, [6] pages. Bibliographical Essay. List of Sources. Index. Cover has some wear. Arnold R. Isaacs is a writer, educator, and the author of two books relating to the Vietnam war, Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia and Vietnam Shadows: The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy. He has also written From Troubled Lands: Listening to Pakistani and Afghan Americans in Post-9/11 America. He was formerly a reporter, foreign and national correspondent, and editor for the Baltimore Sun. During six years as the Sun's correspondent in Asia, beside covering the closing years of the Vietnam war, he traveled throughout Southeast and South Asia. Since leaving daily journalism he has taught or conducted training programs for journalists and journalism students in more than 20 countries in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and has written studies for the Critical Incident Analysis Group and the Academy for Critical Incident Analysis on subjects including the Virginia Tech shooting, displacement after Hurricane Katrina, the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, and other events that challenged American society and its institutions. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. Second Printing. 257, DJ somewhat soiled: edges worn, small tears, small pieces missing, sticker residue on front DJ, binding shaken. More
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, [1969]. 24 cm, 169. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Book Club Edition. 750, illus., maps, chronology, notes on sources, index, front DJ flap price clipped, small tears/chips to DJ edges. More
New York: Penguin Books, 1984. First Paperbk Edition. 752 pages. Illus., maps, chronology, notes on sources, index, some wear/creasing to cover edges, text somewhat darkened. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 750, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chronology. Cast of Principal Characters, Notes on Sources. Index. Gift inscription not from author on fep. Embossed stamp of previous owner on fep. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Stanley Abram Karnow (February 4, 1925 – January 27, 2013) was an American journalist and historian. He is best known for his writings on the Vietnam War. After serving with the United States Army Air Forces in the China Burma India Theater during World War II, he graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in 1947; in 1947 and 1948 he attended the Sorbonne, and from 1948 to 1949 the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He then began his career in journalism as Time correspondent in Paris in 1950. After covering Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (where he was North Africa bureau chief in 1958-59), he went to Asia, where he spent the most influential part of his career. He was chief correspondent for the 13-hour Vietnam: A Television series, which premiered on PBS in 1983; it won six Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a George Polk Award and a DuPont-Columbia Award. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1962. First edition. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 250 p. 21 cm. More
New York: Pocket Books, 1986. Reprint. Third printing. Mass-market paperback. xiii, 336 oages, More
New York: Random House, 1968. Second Printing. 313, chronology, index, some scuffing to boards, ink names and date inside front flyleaf. More