Memoirs, 1950-1963
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Book Club Edition. 368, appendix, index, small stains & soiling to edges, DJ worn, creased, and small tears/chips, board edges worn Volume II of Kennan's Memoirs. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Book Club Edition. 368, appendix, index, small stains & soiling to edges, DJ worn, creased, and small tears/chips, board edges worn Volume II of Kennan's Memoirs. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. Reprint. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xiv, 365, [3] p. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xiv, 365, [3] pages. Occasional footnotes. Some edge soiling. DJ has some wear and soiling. Rare with inscription dated by Kennan on fep. Inscription reads For Schuyler Chapin in appreciation for valued friendship and generous support George Kennan Princeton May, 1989. Taped inside the front cover is a postcard from Norway with a handwritten and signed note from George K. Laid in is a second postcard from Norway with a handwritten and signed note from George K. Also laid in is a Pantheon press release on the book. George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904- March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. He was also a core member of the group known as "The Wise Men". His writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of "containing" the Soviet Union. His "Long Telegram" from Moscow in 1946 argued that the Soviet regime was inherently expansionist and that its influence had to be "contained" in areas of vital strategic importance to the United States. Kennan played a leading role in the development of definitive Cold War programs, notably the Marshall Plan. Some of Kennan's proposals were discounted by the Truman administration and Kennan's influence was marginalized, particularly after Dean Acheson was appointed secretary of state in 1949. In 1950, Kennan left the Department of State except for two brief ambassadorial stints in Moscow and Yugoslavia and became a leading realist critic of U.S. foreign policy. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968. First Edition. 22 cm, 222, DJ edges somewhat worn and creased, some ink stains inside boards and flyleaves. More
New York: Popular Library, 1961. wraps. pocket paperback, 272 pages, wraps, index, text has darkened, small creases to cover edges and to lower corner of several text pages. More
New York: The Citadel Press, [1945]. First? Printing. 29 cm, 122, illus., boards a bit scuffed and bumped. Introduction by Philip S. Foner. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. viii, 568 pages. Index. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Philip Buchen, respected source of wit and wisdom, with warm regards, Austin Kiplinger October 31, 1975. This is believed to have been inscribed to the Philip William Buchen (February 27, 1916 – May 21, 2001) who was an American attorney who served as White House counsel during the Ford Administration. He attended the University of Michigan, where he met Gerald Ford. Buchen opened a law practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Ford in May 1941. He continued to practice law in Grand Rapids until 1974, when he came to Washington to serve in the Office of the Vice President of the United States. He served as chief White House counsel with Cabinet rank for the duration of Ford's presidency. When Ford left office, Buchen remained in Washington, practicing law with the firm of Dewey Ballantine until 1995. Buchen served on the United States Commission of Fine Arts from 1977 to 1981. Austin H. Kiplinger (19 September 1918 – 20 November 2015) was an American journalist and businessman. He was the son of W. M. Kiplinger and Irene Austin. His father was the founder of Kiplinger Washington Editors, publishers of The Kiplinger Letters and Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. From 1961 to 1992, Kiplinger helmed the Kiplinger Company before passing the position to his son, Knight Kiplinger. Following a stint in the United States Navy during World War II, he helped his father found Kiplinger's Personal Finance, first published in 1947. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xix, [1], 297, [3] pages. Inscribed on the half title by the author. The inscription reads: To David Abshire, With my highest respect and warmest best wishes. Nemir. Includes Map, Introduction; Part One--Iraq past: Prosperous Hashemite monarchy to brutal dictatorship, 1921 --1990: A road of hope becomes a tunnel of despair; Lessons and examples from the past. Part Two --the build-up to war, occupation, and disintegration, 1990-2008: A road to a new Iraq not taken; The neo-conservative recipe for disaster; Giant steps backward; Part Three--Iraq future -- A blueprint for prosperity and peace: Making a new political start; Fueling progress with oil; Building a vibrant economy; Developing the greatest resource; and Awaiting visionary leaders. Also includes Conclusion, Endnotes, Acknowledgments, Index, and About the author. Nemir Amin Kirdar (28 October 1936 – 8 June 2020) was an Iraqi Turkmen banker, billionaire, businessman, financier and author. He held British citizenship. Kirdar graduated from the University of the Pacific in California in 1960, with a bachelor's degree in economics. After settling in New York, Kirdar earned an MBA at Fordham University's night school. In 1974, he joined Chase Manhattan Bank in New York as vice president. Kirdar worked in the Middle East, overseeing and directing Chase's banking network in the region. In 1982, he founded Investcorp, and was a founding father of private equity, and an economic and cultural bridge-builder. Investcorp was a global alternative investment group that connected investors in the Gulf to investment opportunities in the West. More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [8], 246 pages. Footnotes. Commentaries. Appendices. Contributors. Index. DJ has wear, Tears, soiling and is price clipped. "The Truman Period As A Research Field: A Reappraisal, 1972 affords an examination of both viewpoints in the controversy in the form of essays by individual contributors. It offers, as well, thoughtful suggestions regarding areas of the period in need of further research, and suggests the impact that newly-available materials may have upon the controversy and upon styles in historiography." Richard S. Kirkendall is Professor of History at Indiana University and Executive Secretary of the Organization of American Historians. He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) from Gonzaga University in 1950, his M.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1953, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1958. The editor has written-- Two topics have dominated my scholarship: American agricultural history and the presidency of Harry S. Truman....I contributed to the development of Truman historiography in several ways. Most obviously, I published five books, beginning with The Truman Period as a Research Field (1967) and ending with Civil Liberties and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman (2013). I published many Truman articles, essays, and reviews, gave HST space in other books, most notably A History of Missouri 1919-1953 (1986, 2004), and worked with doctoral students who made important contributions to the literature of this field. I was for many years an active member of the Board of Directors of the Truman Library Institute and the chair of its research committee. More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books, 2001. 352, Insights into the foreign policy problems and opportunities that confront the United States today. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1981. Second Printing. 332, index, DJ somewhat scuffed and creased: small tears, small chip missing at bottom of spine. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1974. Expanded Edition. Second Printing. 304, wraps, index, slight soiling to fore-edge, covers slightly soiled Eight major statements issued by Kissinger shortly before and since he was named secretary of state. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition. First Printing. 143, index, sm stains fore-edge, some discoloration & small stains ins bds & flylves, DJ edges worn & sm stains, DJ price clipped. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. Abridged Edition. First Printing. pocket paperbk, 259, wraps, index, covers somewhat soiled and edges worn, crayon letters & numbers on front cover, ink name ins fr cover & flylf marker number on front flyleaf (marker has bled through to following page). More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [3], 291, [1] pages. Notes. Index. Some highlighting and underlining noted. Michael T. Klare is a Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, whose department is located at Hampshire College (Amherst, Massachusetts, USA), defense correspondent of The Nation magazine and author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency (Metropolitan). Klare also teaches at Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Klare serves on the board of directors of the Arms Control Association. He is a regular contributor to many publications including The Nation, TomDispatch and Mother Jones, and is a frequent columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. He also was the narrator of the movie Blood and Oil, which was produced by the Media Education Foundation. More
Washington, DC: Institute for Policy Studies, [1981]. Revised Edition. First Printing. 23 cm, 165, illus., tables, appendices. Foreword by Richard Falk. More
New York: Alliance Book Corporation, c1941. 24 cm, 359, illus., gift inscription on flyleaf. More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [1], 82, [2] pages. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Max Kohnstamm OMRI (22 May 1914 – 20 October 2010) was a Dutch historian and diplomat. Max Kohnstamm was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the son of Philip Kohnstamm, a physicist, philosopher and pedagogue. His father was married to one of the daughters of Jean Baptiste August Kessler, who helped create the company now known as Royal Dutch Shell; one of his uncles was Geldolph Adriaan Kessler, who helped create the Dutch steel industry. During World War II, Kohnstamm and Kessler were both held hostage by the Germans along with other prominent Dutchmen at camp Beekvliet in Sint-Michielsgestel; they became quite close there despite the difference in age. He was one of the founding fathers of the European Union by playing a major part in the 1950s in developing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and then of the European Economic Community. Kohnstamm was private secretary to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands from 1945 to 1948, then served with the Netherlands Foreign Office from 1948 to 1952. During this time he was head of its German Bureau and Director of European Affairs. He was Vice President of the Netherlands' Schuman Plan delegation in 1950, serving as Secretary to the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community from 1952 to 1956. He was Vice President of the Action Committee for the United States of Europe from 1956. He was President of the European University Institute in Florence. He was Chairman of the Trilateral Commission in Europe. More
Lexington, KY: University Press Of Kentucky, 2021. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [2], xvi, 375, [7] pages. Glossary of Key Actors. Illustrations, Abbreviations. Key Events in the Afghanistan Conflict. Key Events in the Iraq Conflict. Notes. Index. The book has highlighting, underlining, and notations. Corners of some pages creased. Author inscription on the title page reads: "To Ken Best wishes! Chris". Christopher D. Kolenda is a West Point graduate, internationally renowned combat leader, and retired Army colonel. He holds a Ph.D. in War Studies from King's College, London, and is the editor of Leadership: The Warrior's Art. He is the first American to have fought the Taliban as a commander in combat and to engage them in peace talks. Kolenda serves as the Senior Military Fellow at King’s College London. As President and CEO of Kolenda Strategic Leadership, he consults on leadership, strategy, and human security. He served as the Senior Advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Department of Defense senior leadership and has served four tours of duty in Afghanistan. Chris graduated from the United States Military Academy and went on to serve in the United States Army with great distinction, to include leading large, complex organizations in the United States, Europe, and in combat in Afghanistan. He served as an Assistant Professor of History at West Point. In 2007-08, he commanded an airborne infantry task force in Kunar and Nuristan provinces and pioneered an innovative approach to counterinsurgency. According to a 2012 study by the Center of Naval Analyses, his unit’s performance was among the most highly successful in America’s longest war. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, 433 p. Notes. Index. More
Washington DC: Arizona State University, The McCain Institute For International Leadership, 2017. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [4], ii, 138 pages. Footnotes. Publisher's ephemera laid in. Cover has slight wear and soiling. David J. Kramer (born 1964) was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from 2008 to 2009. He was President of Freedom House from October 2010 to November 2014, and later worked at the McCain Institute. Following a professorship at the Florida International University, he became executive director of the George W. Bush Institute. Kramer began his government service in April 2000, when he joined the United States Department of State as Executive Director of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. In June 2001, he served as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. In October 2003, Kramer became a professional staff member for the Policy Planning Staff. From July 2005 to March 2008, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. In 2008, President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Kramer as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and, after confirmation, he held this office to January 20, 2009. In his book, Back to Containment, published in 2017, Kramer excoriated various elder statesmen of the United States, such as Henry Kissinger, for undertaking hybrid back-channel efforts to re-approach Russia, accusing them of violation of the Logan Act. Kramer contends that these actions undermined American security vis-a-vis Russia and the region, citing Kissinger's inclusion into Myrotvorets, Ukraine's blacklist. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1978. First Paperbk? Printing. 404, wraps, footnotes, bibliography, index. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, [1971]. First Edition. Second Printing. 24 cm, 309, DJ soiled, DJ edges worn and small tears, edges soiled. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First Edition. First? Printing. 391, some wear and soiling to DJ, small tears/chips to DJ edges. More