Unmarked. Political scientists and anthropologists with intimate knowledge of the politics and society of these regions, examine topics that include assassinations, riots, state violence, the significance of geographic borders, external influences and intervention, and patterns of recruitment and rebellion. 224p. Index.
Contributors include Sankaran Krishna, Paul R. Brass, Geoffrey Robinson, and others. • • • View More...
Untrimmed (and unsigned) American Legion card for Post No. 79, Riverside California. Preamble to the constitution on the back. Back also notes that "Payment of $1.00, the National dues in The American Legion, is herby acknowledged?"
The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation?s largest wartime veterans service organization. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Previous owner's name printed on back. Illustrated. Features Iraq. Also the conversion of Gov. Ryan on the death penalty, the firewall of China, political profiling, and more. 30p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Text in Greek and English. Illustrated throughout, including a floor plan. Presenting military artifacts and memorabilia, the Athens War Museum explores the many battles fought throughout Greece's history. Measures 5.5x8 inches. 24p. • • • View More...
A few marks in the introduction. Beautifully illustrated. Measures 6.75x9.25 inches. Includes artists' responses to the tragic loss of a cultural and intellectual hub in Baghdad that occurred as the result of a bomb explosion on March 5, 2007.
Artists include Laurie Alpert, Guy Begbie, Ama Bolton, Cathy Deforest, Barbara Hosein, Susan Newmark, Roni Someck, and others. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Loose errata sheet included. 37p. Bibliographic references. Topics include how large is the Soviet defense budget, current economic prospects, etc. • •• View More...
Unmarked text. Worn dust jacket with chipping under clear mylar cover. Foxed end papers. Third printing. 461p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches.
The war diaries of Bernard Berenson cover 1941-1944. Berenson (1865-1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Fully illustrated in color, including maps. This guide describes the life and landscape of the Wall, offering remarkable insights into Roman military organization. 52p. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Illustrated throughout. 64p. Measures 11.5x9.5 inches. A fascinating snapshot of Nazi propaganda techniques. Full color reproductions, with each translated into English. • • • View More...
Presents the demonstration against nuclear weapons, jailing, and trial of the June 20,1983 Livermore Lab. Includes statements of representatives and defendants.
Lain in publication flyer and order forms. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Prepared for the US Maritime Service. Continues Carriage of cargo and passengers, section 122. pp277-335. Two hole punched inside cover. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Two small misses chipped out of dust jacket. Jacket under clear mylar cover. 160p. Measures 12.25x9.25 inches.
Over 150 large photographs in color and black-and-white.
The book makes a balanced presentation covering a range of topics to pay homage to those who died in Vietnam. Topics include American soldiers, the Viet Cong, peace demonstrations and more. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Unclipped dust jacket. Index. Former counterterrorism czar for Bill Clinton and George W. Bush reveals the Bush Administration's lack of interest in al Qaeda prior to 9/11. 304p. • • • View More...
A revealing portrait of Washington during a crucial, formative period of his life, this is the indispensable backstory to the making of a great man, examining his adolescence in military service, starting as a colonel in command at the age of twenty-two. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Stamp on cover reads Congressional District Berkeley, Nov 04, 1982, Dellums. Study prepared for the Veterans' Administration (Pursuant to Public Law 95-2002, the GI Improvement Act of 1977). Submitted to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, US House of Representatives. 900p. Includes tables. • • • View More...
This novel is a sequel of a sort to his 1940 book Captain Jan, though not having the same characters as the earlier book. This book centers around the specialized Ocean tugboat trade during World War II. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Spot on back cover. Extensively illustrated in black-and-white. 228p. Measures 8.75x9.5 inches.
Dachau was a Nazi concentration camp in Southern Germany that opened on 22 March 1933, which was initially intended to hold political prisoners. Topics include the historical background of Dachau, the concentration camp, extermination, and the final stage of the concentration camp. Introduces the collection of the International Dachau Committee museum. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Torn at spine, worn edges. 32pp. Illustrated cover, with numerous illustrations and cartoons throughout. Many period ads for pharmaceuticals.
After World War II, "The War Doctor" was distributed free to Army and Navy doctors, officers in the US Public Health Service, and civilian physicians to provide medical professionals with articles and art work dealing with the human interest side of medicine. • •• View More...
Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. 288p. Measures 7.25x10.25 inches
In this second volume of the 40th Anniversary Edition of the epic work, Mr. Foote recounts the loss of Kentucky, Manassas, Pea Ridge, Shiloh, New Orleans, Corinth, and more. • • • View More...
Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. Illustrated in black-and-white. 288p. Measures 7.25x10.25 inches.
In this first volume of the 40th Anniversary Edition of the epic work, Mr. Foote recounts Secession, Sumter, Manassa, the Navy, Fort Henry, and more. • • • View More...
Unmarked. This monograph was selected as a Distinguished Essay by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1987 essay competition. 32p.
Lieutenant Colonel C. William Fox, Jr., a physician had extensive experience in U.S. activities in Africa and personally supervised operations that have considerable potential as models for future regional involvement. In this publication, he offered a rationale and vision for future DoD activities in Africa. • • • View More...
Unmarked text. Illustrated. Includes "The Doctrine of the Mean and Chinese Art" by Chiang Fu-Ts'ung, "Some Bamboo Carving Techniques of the Ming Dynasty" by Na Chih-Liang, "The Identity of Yang Mei-Tzu and the Paintings of Ma Yuan, Part II" by Chiang Chao-Shen, etc. 17p. • • • View More...
Unmarked text Some smudging on the cover. Includes a selected historical bibliography on the Sector. Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass, 1606 translated, with an introduction by Stillman Drake.
Published for The Burndy Library by The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology and the Smithsonian Institution Press, Wash DC. Illustrated. 95p. • • • View More...
