The Greatest Generation
New York: Random House, 1998. Book Club Edition. Fifth Printing. 412, illus., index, some creasing and small chips to DJ edges. More
New York: Random House, 1998. Book Club Edition. Fifth Printing. 412, illus., index, some creasing and small chips to DJ edges. More
New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. xxx, 412, [4] pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight creasing and small chips to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author, Tom Brokaw, on the title page. DJ has slight creasing and small chips to dust jacket edges. Thomas John Brokaw (/born February 6, 1940) is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). He is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and Meet the Press. He now serves as a special correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets. Along with his competitors Peter Jennings at ABC News and Dan Rather at CBS News, Brokaw was one of the "Big Three" news anchors in the U.S. during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. The three hosted their networks' flagship nightly news programs for over 20 years, and all three started and retired (or died, in Jennings' case) within a year of each other. He is the author of The Greatest Generation (1998) and other books and the recipient of numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was awarded to him by President Barack Obama in 2014. More
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1976. First Bantam Printing. Trade paperback. [10], 947, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Map. Appendices. Glossary. Sources and Notes. Bibliography. Index. Some page staining. Some pages darkened. Covers soiled and worn, especially at spine. Rear cover creased. Anthony Cave Brown (March 21, 1929 – July 14, 2006) was an English-American journalist, espionage non-fiction writer, and historian. Brown's first major work to attract widespread attention was Bodyguard of Lies (1975), which examined the strategical elements of World War II, including codebreaking and its effect on the war's outcome. He followed up on this theme with a book, The Last Hero: Wild Bill Donovan, about William J. Donovan, the director of the American Office of Strategic Services during World War II; the Office of Strategic Services later evolved into the Central Intelligence Agency. Another espionage-related effort was a 1987 biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, who served as head of British MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service) during World War II. The book was titled C: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill. His book Treason in the Blood: H. St. John Philby, Kim Philby, and the Spy Case of the Century, published in 1994, examined the interconnected lives of the famous British spies Kim Philby and Harry St. John Philby, son and father. His final 1999 book Oil, God and Gold: The Story of Aramco and the Saudi Kings, examined the Aramco company in Saudi Arabia. More
New York: Times Books, 1982. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 891,[1] pages. Donovan's Awards. Illustrations. Maps. A Note on Sources. Sources and Notes. Index, Some soiling to DJ. Some creasing and small tears to DJ edges, front DJ flap creased. Anthony Cave Brown (March 21, 1929 -July 14, 2006) was an English-American journalist and historian. Cave Brown's first work to attract attention was Bodyguard of Lies (1975), which examined the strategical elements of World War II, including codebreaking and its effect on the war's outcome. He followed up with The Last Hero: Wild Bill Donovan, about the director of the American Office of Strategic Services during World War II; OSS later evolved into the Central Intelligence Agency. Another effort was a biography of the head of British MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service) during World War II. The book was titled C: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill. His book Treason in the Blood: H. St. John Philby, Kim Philby, and the Spy Case of the Century, examined the interconnected lives of the famous British spies Kim Philby and Harry St. John Philby, son and father. William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He is regarded as the founding father of the CIA, and a statue of him stands in the lobby of the CIA headquarters building in Langley, Virginia. A decorated veteran of World War I, Donovan is the only person to have received all four of the United States' highest awards: the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, and the National Security Medal. He is also a recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart, as well as decorations from a number of other nations for his service during both World Wars. More
New York, N.Y. Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1976. Berkley Medallion Edition [stated]. Presumed First Printing. Mass market paperback. xxii, [2], 572 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Two page corners creased. Cover has some wear and soiling. Includes Introduction, and a Note by Kermit Roosevelt (a Summary account of the OSS by its official historian). Part 1 covers OSS-Administrative and contains the origins of the service and the Structure of the OSS; Part 2 covers OSS-Operations: North Africa; The Secondary Neutral Countries; Africa and The Middle East; Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and the Italian Mainland; Sub-bases on the Swiss and French Borders; The Italian Resistance; Secret Surrender Negotiations; Resistance Movements in Other Countries; The Principal Neutral Countries; D-Day Preparations in London and Algiers; Early Infiltrations into France; France--Operation Overlord; Liberated France; France--Operation Anvil; France--X-2, Joan-Eleanor and the West Front, "Black" Propaganda Against Germany, Direct Penetration of Germany, and Europe After the War. Also contains Glossary and Selected Bibliography. Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (February 16, 1916 – June 8, 2000), was an American intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services, during and following World War II. Roosevelt went on to establish American Friends of the Middle East, and later played a lead role in the Central Intelligence Agency's efforts to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Majlis-appointed leader of Iran, in August 1953. Roosevelt remained with the OSS after the war, writing and editing its history. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. 911, illus., endpaper maps, glossary, index, marginal ink underlining on a few pgs, DJ stained: tears, sev pcs missing. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. Book Club Edition. 911, illus., endpaper maps, glossary, index, pages somewhat darkened, DJ worn and stained: small tears, sm pieces missing. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. Book Club Edition. 911, illus., endpaper maps, glossary, index, front board quite weak, text has darkened, boards discolored, soiled, & scratched small tears at top of spine, board edges and corners worn. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1968. Reprint Edition. 26 cm, 671, illus., maps (2 color in pocket), bibliographical note, glossary, index, bookplate on flyleaf. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1954. Hardcover. 533, illus., glossary, index, boards scuffed and somewhat spotted, some wear to top and bottom of spine and to board corners. More
New York: Golden Press, [1960]. Abridged Edition. First Thus? Printing. 30 cm, 384, illus. (some color), color maps, index, spine gone, boards weak and nearly separated, edges rubbed. A Deluxe Golden Book. More
New York: Time, Inc., 1959. Abridged Edition. First Thus? Printing. 36 cm, 615 + record, 2-vol. set in slipcase, illus. (some color), color maps, 10" 33-1/3 rpm record (2-sided), index, slipcase/bds sl worn/soiled. More
New York, NY: Atheneum, 1984. First American edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xii, 342 p. Illusatrations. Source apparatus. Index. More
New York: Dutton, 1958. First Edition. First? Printing. 21 cm, 320, illus., maps, boards somewhat worn and soiled, some endpaper discoloration, slightly cocked. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983. Presumed first U. K. edition/first printing. Hardcover. x, 342 p., [16] p. of plates: ill.; 25 cm. Occasional Footnotes. Source Apparatus. Index. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1970. First edition. First Edition [stated]. FIrst printing [stated]. Hardcover. 94, [2] p. Illustrations. Editior's note. More
London: Goodall Publications LTD, 1991. First Goodall Paperback Edition [Stated]. Presumed first printing. Mass market paperback. 198, [2] pages. Sources. Appendix 1 - VII. Cover has some wear and soiling. Book is slightly curved. Alan Cooper has been an avid aviation historian and writer for some years. Alan W. Cooper joined and served in everything from the cubs to the Army cadets until when aged 17 he enlisted in the Territorial Army (2nd Monmouthshire Regiment) as a boy bandsman and served with them until 1958 when he was called for National Service with the South Wales Borderers (They of Rourke's Drift fame) but having already decided to become a regular soldier he enlisted in the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards band and subsequently learned to march wearing spurs. More
London: Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd., 1954. 29 cm, 122, wraps, profusely illus., maps, endpaper maps, covers worn and soiled, one page appears to have been removed near the front. More
London: Arco Publications Limited, 1959. 280, some wear and soiling to DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper, endpages somewhat discolored. More
New York: MHQ, Inc., 1993. Hardcover. 112 p. Includes: illustrations (many in color), maps. More
New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1994. Reprint Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. 555, [9] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Sources. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Carlo D'Este (1936 – November 22, 2020) was an American military historian and biographer, author of several books, especially on World War II. He was a decorated U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. In 2011, he was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. D'Este attended New Mexico Military Institute junior college in 1956. He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Norwich University in 1958, an M.A. from the University of Richmond in 1974, and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Norwich in 1992. He received his master's from University of Richmond in 1974 and then attended University of London under the G.I. bill. On his retirement from the army in 1978 he took to writing military history, for which he won many prizes and achieved international recognition in the U.S. and Britain - beginning with Decision in Normandy, his revisionist history of the D-Day landings and Allied campaign in France in 1944. D’Este was not only featured in multiple television documentaries, but was asked to advise President Clinton at the White House before the president’s fiftieth anniversary visit to Normandy and Italy, in 1994. More
New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company, 2002. First Editon [stated]. First printing [stated]. No price on DJ. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xi, [3], 848, [2] p. Illustrations. Notes. Sources and Selected Bibliography. Index. More
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1945. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. 108 p. Includes maps. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Printing. 378, endpaper maps, index, DJ soiled and scuffed, piece missing at top of DJ spine and small tears. More