Heroes Behind Barbed Wire
Place_Pub: Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1957. 345, illus., appendices, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ somewhat worn: small tears/chips to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author. More
Place_Pub: Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1957. 345, illus., appendices, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ somewhat worn: small tears/chips to DJ edges. Inscribed by the author. More
Portland House, 1990. First printing of Portland House edition. Hardcover. 143, [1] p. Illustrations (97 black and white photographs). Glossary. Roster of Recipients. More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. 1974 Printing [Stated] [presumed first printing]. Hardcover. 24 cm. vii, [1], 359, [1] pages. Notes. List of Sources. Index. DJ worn, faded, and edge tears, front DJ flap price clipped. DJ is taped over the boards. Born on January 29, 1935 in Boston, MA, Richard Haynes lived in Louisiana most of his life. He served in the Navy during the Korean War. After obtaining his Ph.D. at LSU, he taught history at Northeast Louisiana University. He later served as chairman of the department of history and government. He is best known for his scholarly book on Harry Truman as Commander in Chief entitled The Awesome Power. This work is an Analysis of Truman's decision-making process in terms of the information available to him, the existing pressures, and the relationship of his decisions to his own concepts of how a commander-in-chief would function. This work contains substantial discussion of the Atomic bomb and atomic energy. More
Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, [1947]. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 272, illus., maps, boards and edges somewhat soiled. More
New York: Putnam, c1982. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 318, illus., pencil erasure on front endpaper, some wear and soiling to DJ, DJ flap creased. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1968. First Edition. 315, illus., maps, notes, biblio, index, lib stamps, rough spot ins rear flylf, bds somewhat scuffed & edges worn & faded. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1968. First Edition. 315, illus., maps, endpaper maps, notes, appendices, index, missing pp. 293-308, DJ in plastic sleeve, some wear & sm chips DJ edges. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. 223 pages. illus., endpaper maps. Name in ink on ffep. Spine and edges of boards discolored, spine edges worn. Marguerite Higgins Hall (September 3, 1920 – January 3, 1966) was an American reporter and war correspondent. Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. She wporked for New York Herald Tribune (1942-1963), and later, as a syndicated columnist for Newsday (1963-1965). She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence awarded in 1951 for her coverage of the Korean War. In 1950, Higgins was named chief of the Tribune's Tokyo bureau. When war broke out in Korea, she was one of the first reporters on the spot. On 28 June, Higgins and three of her colleagues witnessed the Hangang Bridge bombing. She was ordered out of the country by General Walton Walker, who argued that the military had no time to worry about them. Higgins made a personal appeal to General Douglas MacArthur, who sent a telegram to the Herald Tribune stating: Ban on women correspondents in Korea has been lifted. Marguerite Higgins is held in highest professional esteem by everyone. As a result of her reporting from Korea, Higgins shared with five male war correspondents the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. More
London: BBC Books, c1990. 24 cm, 278, illus., bibliography, index, soiling/residue to front endpaper. More
New York: Military Heritage Press, 1984. Reprint. Published by arrangement with Stein & Day. Hardcover. 297 p. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1985. Book Club Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 320, illus., maps, notes, bibliography, index, pencil erasure on front endpaperKorean War history from the intervention of the Chinese to the Panmunjom negotiations. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1985. 25 cm, 320, illus., maps, notes, bibliography, index, title page missing, small tears and chips to DJ edges Korean War history from the intervention of the Chinese to the Panmunjom negotiations. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Book Club Edition. 25 cm, 310, illus., very slightly cocked, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Fourth Printing. 533, frontis illus., maps, index, DJ worn and small tears. More
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Fourth Printing. 533, frontis illus., maps, index, some scuffing to boards, small creases at top and bottom spine edges. More
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1954. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 533, [1] pages. Frontis illustrations. Maps. Index. Boards restrengthened with glue. Stamp of M.G. W. A. Patch USA (RET) with address on fep. Patch was a retired major general and former commander of the Army Training Center and Fort Dix who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1948. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College; the Armed Forces Staff College, and the Army War College. He served as a company commander during the Korean War, when he was wounded in combat. He served as aide-de-camp to the chief of staff at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. He later served as an Army instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and as deputy battle group commander of the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C. Gen. Patch served two tours in Vietnam, first as commander of Detachment C-2, 5th Special Forces Group and then as commander of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. He became chief of the tactics group at the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. More
Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, c1997. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 156, endpaper maps, index, minor wear and soiling to DJ, small edge tear at top of DJ spine. More
New York: The Free Press, 1995. First Edition. First English Printing. Hardcover. 163 pages. Footnotes, index, front DJ flap price clipped. Name of previous owner present. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. xvi, [2], 605, [1] p. Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Notes. Index. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Fourth Printing. 740, v.1 only, illus., maps, apps, notes, index, lib stamps (some crossed out in marker), library pocket pasted ins rear flyleaf small red ink scribble inside front flyleaf, rear flyleaf creased, fore-edge soiled, library stamp on fore-edge crossed out in marker, DJ in plastic sleeve, library stickers and barcode on DJ and plastic sleeve (somecrossed out in marker), DJ creased and worn, tape on front DJ. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Printing. 848, v.3 only, illus., maps, appendices, biblio note, notes, index, DJ worn/creased: edge tears, several pieces missing at edges. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Fourth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xix, [3], 740, [4] pages. VOLUME 1 ONLY. Illustrations. Maps Appendices. Notes. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Slightly cocked. A detailed biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, chronicles his controversial military, administrative, and political career and examines his complex, contradictory personality and character. D. CLAYTON JAMES (1931–2004) was a history professor at Virginia Military Institute, where he held the John Biggs ’30 Cincinnati Chair in Military History. In 1965, James became a professor of history at Mississippi State University in Starkville, where he remained for twenty-three years and in 1978 became a Distinguished Professor. In 1977, James served as an adviser on the movie MacArthur for Universal Studios. He consulted on the BBC television series: The Commanders in 1973. James also held the Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania and the John F. Morrison Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas. During that time, James was also a Harmon Lecturer at the U.S. Air Force Academy. In 1988 he moved to Lexington, Virginia, to become the John Biggs Chair in Military History at the Virginia Military Institute where he retired in 1996. He is the author or editor of nine books, including the three-volume biography, The Years of MacArthur, which received the Truman Book Award. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. First Printing. 24 cm, 317, illus., notes, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, small tear at top edge of DJ. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. First Printing. 24 cm, 317, illus., notes, bibliography, index, small tear at top edge of DJ. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1984. First Printing. 24 cm, 634, black dot on bottom edge, rear DJ torn. More