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New York, NY: The Modern Library, 2003 The Modern Library, New York. 2003. Hardcover. 13th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95). Gray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Modern Library endpapers. 184 pp 8vo. In this book the author examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed as acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, and Saudi oil money, on the rest of the world. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: World Law Fund, 1964 World Law Fund, New York. 1964. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Preliminary Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner name on FFFP and Peace Research stamp on front wrap and half title page. Book Condition: Very Good; edge bumping; suntanned spine; age toned wraps. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 195 pp 8vo. This is an initial reporting on disarmament proposals from the Soviet Union and the USA only. This volume presents the proposals in a readable, easy-to-understand way to help develop a firm underpinning of the law in matters of disarmament. A clean very presentable copy.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2010 Simon & Schuster, New York. 2010. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for remainder mark on text block bottom. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine; bumped edges and closed tear on lower front cover. Gray boards with black overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 448 pp. On June 26, 1948, Joseph Stalin began blockading Berlin and Harry Truman began recalling aviation crews back to active duty. The Berlin Airlift changed the world. It ended when Stalin backed down and lifted the blockade and West Germany was created and became a part of NATO. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 2001 Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, New York. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for small remainder mark on the textblock top and sale stamp on the FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light bumping to head and tail, light edge bumping. Blue boards and spine with bright blue lettering on the spine. 303 pp 8vo. From the master of military fiction here is a novel of apocalyptic impact about a world that waits on edge as Mother Nature triggers a relic from the Cold War, the Dead Hand, an nuclear weapon that can strike back even if all the people in Russia are dead. A clean very presentable copy.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1950 Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York. 1950. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; light wear to board bottoms and tips from shelving; lightly bumped tip tips. DJ: Good; NOT price clipped, intact; chipping to top and bottom jacket edges; wear to flap folds and spine cover folds. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine in black outline box; author signature on front board in silver. Blue tinted textblock top. Maps as endpapers. 522 pp small 8vo. The author tells the American people what has happened to Germany since the surrender. He gives the full story of the Russian blockage of Berlin and the Allied airlift that broke this dramatic diplomatic showdown in foreign policy. A clean and very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing, 2002 MBI Publishing, St. Paul, MN. 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant wear to head and tail from shelving. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); light rubbing to panels. Orange cloth boards and spine with white lettering on the spine. 127 pp 8vo. This book was written in 1958 by the US Department of Defense in response to the public's questions about what to do in case of a total nuclear war with Russia. This book also includes the only known declassified copy of The Emergency Plans Book. This book tells how America will be destructed with the futile response from the US Government. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1990 Delacorte Press, New York. 1990. Hardcover. Stated First U.S.A. Printing/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($18.95); lithe shelfwear to head, tail, and upper tips; light rubbing to flap folds and spine. Blue paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine; gray lettering on the spine. NY Times newspapers as endpapers. 306 pp 8vo. This book is a novel about Ethel Rosenberg, the convicted and sentenced to death, Russian spy. This fictional account is based on what she might have written or thought while in prison awaiting her death. The author digs in to the letters between she and her husband, Julius, spoke to their son, and visited her psychiatrist to arrive at and answer as to why she did what she did. Through fiction, Ethel's own hard life, her love for her family, and of a world even more frightened can one begin to see the… Leer más

New York, NY: HarperCollins , 2018 HarperCollins, New York. Hardcover. 4th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($27.99). Black paper over boards with black paper overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering and designs on the spine. Red endpapers. 288 pp 8vo. This is a personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the 20th Century and how its legacy shapes today's world. The 20th Century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions of innocent people dead. Given this scenario, one would expect the world to reject this ideology when it arises in our era. Drawing on her own experiences as a child in war-torn Europe and her career as a diplomat she answers that assumption. This is a book for all times that teaches us the lessons we must understand and the questions to answer to save ourselves from repeating the tragic… Leer más

Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1999 Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN. 1999. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight dust soiling to textblock top. DJ; Near Fine; light wear to upper tips; scant edge bumps. Black boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Bookmark for this book is laid in. 304 pp 8vo. The author writes of two Doomsday Clocks- one is for nuclear destruction and the other is God's clock that was sen in motion in the Garden of Eden and will strike midnight in the creation of a new heaven and a new earth. Citing examples from the national and international media, the author shines the light of Scripture on world events to prove that time is indeed running out. A clean pristine copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Weidenfeld, 1989 Grove Weidenfeld, New York. 1989. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small bump and light rubbing of bottom boards from shelving. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing to cover. Blue boards with blue cloth overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine and author initials on front board. 504 pp. This book offers Ambassador Nitze's reflections on the issues he has faces, the decisions he has made, the people he has known, and the presidents he has served in his almost fifty years inside the top echelons of Washington policy circles. A record-setting account of major events in world history by one of the most influential and respected policymakers of our time. A clean pristine copy.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1975 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1975. Stated First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light soiling to textblock edges; slight sunfading to board upper and lower edges. DJ: Very Good; sunbleaching to spine; light wear to head, tail, and tips. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 308 pp 8vo. Written by Solzhenitsyn and six other dissident colleagues this book is a devastating attack on the Soviet regime, a moral indictment of the liberal West, and a Christian manifesto calling for a new society- one whose dominant values would be spiritual rather than economic. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Alton, IL: Pere Marquette Press, 1964 Pere Marquette Press, Alton, IL. 1964. Softcover'Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front wrap. Book Condition: Very Good +; light toning and rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 126 pp 16mo. A staunch anti-communist, this book was a wake-up call to the American public about the dangers of Russians but also about the card-carrying liberals who will not let the Russians bury us, they will merely dig the grave. As our military gets weaker and the public becomes softer, it is getting much easier for the Russians to take over the United States- to Bury It. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2017 Simon & Schuster, New York. 2017. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95). Blue paper over boards with black overlay on spine; bright white lettering on spine. 385 pp 8vo. Senator Joseph McCarthy was the loudest voice in Washington on anti-communist matters when DDE took office in 1953. Eisenhower and his advisors carefully plotted a successful effort to diminish McCarthy's influence and power without a direct presidential confrontation. A story of the classic Washington power struggle. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2017 Simon & Schuster, New York. 2017. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95). Blue paper over boards with black overlay on spine; bright white lettering on spine. 385 pp 8vo. Senator Joseph McCarthy was the loudest voice in Washington on anti-communist matters when DDE took office in 1953. Eisenhower and his advisors carefully plotted a successful effort to diminish McCarthy's influence and power without a direct presidential confrontation. A story of the classic Washington power struggle. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2017 Simon & Schuster, New York. 2017. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95). Blue paper over boards with black overlay on spine; bright white lettering on spine. 385 pp 8vo. Senator Joseph McCarthy was the loudest voice in Washington on anti-communist matters when DDE took office in 1953. Eisenhower and his advisors carefully plotted a successful effort to diminish McCarthy's influence and power without a direct presidential confrontation. A story of the classic Washington power struggle. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2018 Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, New York. 2018. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant edgewear to spine and wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 385 pp 8vo. Through most of his tenure Senator McCarthy was a tyrant in the Senate then in 1954 he overstepped his bounds and by the end of the year he was censured by his colleagues and his power was shattered. This book is a dramatic account of President Eisenhower's secret role in the destruction of McCarthy and McCarthyism. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Times Books/Random House, 1995 Times Books/Random House, New York. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($27.50); bumping to tail and upper tips; light soiling to DJ. Deep Violet boards with deep violet cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. 414 pp 8vo. After 30 years, the man who brought you Vietnam comes out to explain the war and his role in it. This is the finest dissection ever written of America's stumble into Vietnam and how our "best and brightest" led us into tragedy and reveals what we can learn from their mistakes in order to reply to the post-Cold War world of the 21st Century. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995 Four Walls Eight Windows, New York. 1995. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for glue residue on FFFP from F/O address label removal. Book Condition: Good; coffee stain on textblock bottom; small moisture mark on front board at bottom edge; slight shelfwear to board extremities. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light bumping at head and tail; creases in front and rear flaps. Black paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 326 pp 8vo. This book is a chronicle of a Cold War catastrophe that raises questions about a democracy and its relationship to its military and intelligence agencies. KAL 007 was shot down on September 1, 1983 by Russian aircraft and from that moment on there was great deception in play by the United States, Japan, and Russia. Based on the author's research, KAL007 was part o and ill-conceived intelligence and provocation operation that turned into a… Leer más

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1962 J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1962. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board bottom edges and upper and lower tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($4.95); small closed tear on spine; light chipping and missing small pieces at tail; slight toning to DJ reverse. Green paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine; pink lettering on the spine; black lettering on the front board. 250 pp 8vo. In 1959, the author while working at the Soviet Embassy in Rangoon Burma walked to the American Embassy and defected. This book details the workings of the Soviet embassy, of Soviet intelligence operations, Foreign Service operations, Russo-Chinese relations from the Soviet point of view, and of the authors life and education in Russia. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983 Macmillan Publishing Co., New York. 1983. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine with slight roughing of top and bottom of DJ from shelving. Gray boards with red overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 296 pp. This book was written by a high ranking Soviet officer who defected to the West. It strips away the secrets of what was thought to be the world's premier fighting machine and goes into chilling and fascinating detail about the Soviet Army's philosophy, armament, and tactics. A clean pristine copy.