Washington, DC: American Historical Association, 1976. Wraps. x, 243-498 p. Includes illustrations. 48 pages of advertisements at the back. Footnotes. Tables. More

London: Hutchinson & Company Ltd., 1942. First? Edition. First? Printing. 121, illus., facsim., footnotes, usual library markings, boards somewhat worn and soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More

Washington DC: National Youth Leadership Forum, 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Magazine. viii, 208 pages. Map. Illustrations. Glossary of Terms. Chronology of Nigeria. Timeline. Recommended Books. Websites. Sources. Endnotes. Student Forum Evaluation form (present). Founded in 1992, the National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) is a tuition-based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit educational organization established to help prepare extraordinary young people for their professional careers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., its mission is to bring various professions to life, empowering outstanding young people with confidence to make well-informed career choices. NYLF programs are held in eight cities throughout the United States and in countries around the world. More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 22 cm, 137 pages. Name in ink on flyleaf. Signed by the author. Fascinating read and insight into the times. This was the "new world order" before the one predicated by the collapse of the USSR. Acheson's goal is to persuade his readers to take the Soviet threat seriously, to concentrate power in American hands (given the limits, for example, of the UN), to maintain and strengthen alliances with free states, and to limit one's efforts to what is possible, rather than desirable. More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1978. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 66, illus., footnotes. More

New York: HarperCollins, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. 339, notes, index, tears and creases at top of DJ spine. Introduction by Bill Clinton. Inscribed by the author. More

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers and Melcher Media, 2009. First Edition [stated]. Sixth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 10 inches. 176 pages. Illustrations (most in color). Introduction by David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator, Museum of Arts and Design. Pindex. DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tear at top of spine. Price clipped. Inscribed and dated by author on half-title page. This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collections" organized by the Museum of Arts and Design, New York. After being shown at the Museum, this exhibition toured selected venues in the United States and around the world. Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937) is an American politician and diplomat. She is the first female United States Secretary of State in U.S. history, having served from 1997 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. More

New York: Horizon Press, 1975. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 189, [3] pages. Notes. DJ has some wear and soiling. Author signed card to a member of Senator Edward Kennedy's staff laid in. Dr. Gil Carl AlRoy was a professor of political science at Hunter College who wrote extensively about relations between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. Dr. AlRoy, who was born in Chernovtsy, Rumania, twice escaped from Soviet troops when they occupied Chernovtsy in 1940. He later escaped from the Germans' Doaga concentration camp dressed as a German soldier. He emigrated to Israel and in 1954 came to the United States. He graduated from City College in 1959 and earned a doctorate in political science from Princeton University in 1961. Dr. AlRoy joined the faculty at Hunter College in 1963. His books included ''Behind the Middle East Conflict'' (1975), ''The Kissinger Experience'' (1975) and ''The Real Impasse Between Arab and Jew'' (1979). More

New York: American Heritage Pub. Co., 1968. 29 cm, 112, illus. (some color), boards soiled, mark on front flyleaf. More

Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, 1966. First edition. Stated. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xviii, 820 p. 24 cm. Footnotes. Index. More

Washington, DC: Center/Strategic & Int Stud, c1991. 23 cm, 92, wraps, covers soiled and worn. Foreword by Stanton H. Burnett. Volume XIII, Number 2 of the CSIS Significant Issues Series. More

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., 1955. Fifth Edition [stated]. Hardcover. xxiii, [2], 969, [1] xxxix, [1] pages. Illustrations Tables. Appendices A-E, including A. Glossary of Diplomatic Terms and E. Bibliographical Appendix. Index. No dust jacket present. Illustrated endpaper maps. Some weakness near the rear board, restrengthened with glue. Previous owner's label inside cover. There are some ink notations underlined passages. This is one of Crofts American History Series. Prefaces to the First Edition, the Second Edition, the Third Edition, the Fourth Edition and the Fifth Edition. Bibliographical Introduction. Thomas Andrew Bailey (December 14, 1902 – July 26, 1983) was a professor of history at his alma mater, Stanford University, and wrote many historical monographs on diplomatic history, as well as the widely used American history textbooks, A Diplomatic History of the American People and The American Pageant. He was known for his witty style and clever terms he coined, such as "international gangsterism." He popularized diplomatic history with his entertaining textbooks and lectures, the presentation style of which followed Ephraim Douglass Adams. Bailey contended foreign policy was significantly affected by public opinion, and that current policymakers could learn from history. This book wad designed to be a general introduction to American diplomatic history. As in the previous editions, the bibliographies have been brought up to date, the index has been revised, and the glossary (added in the Fourth Edition) as been expanded. The emphasis of this book remains on the American people and their influence in the shaping of foreign policy. More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 24 cm, 527, illus., maps, notes, index, slight wear to spine edges, ink name inside front flyleaf. George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic Bombing Survey in London. During 1945, Ball began collaboration with Jean Monnet and the French government in its economic recovery in its negotiations regarding the Marshall Plan. During 1950 he helped draft the Schuman Plan and the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty. Ball was the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs for the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is known for his opposition to escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from June 26 to September 25, 1968. During August 1968 at the UN Security Council, he endorsed the Czechoslovaks' struggle against the Soviet invasion and their right to live without dictatorship. During Nixon's administration, he helped draft policy proposals on the Persian Gulf. More