Butler, Smedley D.MareMagnum
382 Ergebnisse
1935pp. [vi], 52. First printing. "War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious." - p. 1. Butler [1881-1940] knew his subject intimately, having served in numerous military actions around the world while coming to his conclusion. He died five years after publication as the most decorated Marine in U.S. history until that time, having received not one but two Congressional Medals of Honor. "Probably the most concise indictment of non-defensive warfare ever written." - Robert H. Weems. Half-inch chip from bottom corner of page one. Faint library writing to base of backstrip. Faint one-inch diameter moisture mark at black titling upon front board. Library blind stamp atop title page, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear to publisher's red buckram. Binding intact. Backstrip professionally restored. New endpapers. Dust jacket not included. Weems p.16. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. Book
1991375 pages. Index. Glossary. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "Reveals how the strategy of indiscriminate bombings against the public was the result of secret NATO accords and was sanctioned at the highest levels of the Atlantic Alliance... Shows the crucial role played by the Hyperion Language School in Paris in the manipulation of the Red Brigades, and the role of the CIA in arming the revolutionary group. Casts a spotlight on Licio Gelli, the head of the now outlawed P2 Masonic lodge, who has been convicted of financing fascist terrorists." - dust jacket. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Some red markings to contents in first 70 pages. Bit of clear tape inside back board. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
1974pp. xi, 1348. Index. "Shows the years 1895-1950 as a period of transition from the world dominated by Europe in the nineteenth century to the world of three blocs in the twentieth century." - dust jacket. Author served as mentor to future President Bill Clinton at Georgetown. Most notable for its frank admission of a secret plan to create a global government. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality early copy of this monumental work. Please note that despite what may appear elsewhere in this listing, this copy was published by Angriff, not Macmillan. Book
1949[6]-444 pages. Index. "No political event or circumstance can be evaluated without the knowledge of the Vatican's part in it. And no significant world political situation exists in which the Vatican does not play an important or implicit part. [This book] presents with singular clarity and without bias the conflicts between the Roman church and the freedoms of democracy." - Foreword. Fourth printing. Former library copy with usual markings and heavy wear. Narrow opening along back hinge. No dust jacket. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy of this fascinating work. Book
1946[6], 154 p. Index. "In a thoroughly documented story that reads with the pace of a thrilling novel, the authors reveal for the first time the record of international intrigue against Soviet Russia since the Revolution of 1917 up to the present minute. It is a sensational story filled with spies, saboteurs and assassins. This is the great conspiracy which has already cost the lives of millions; which caused World War II and now threatens to plunge the world into another war." - back cover. Unmarked. Very heavily worn with chunks missing from title page and front cover. Binding intact. A worthy vintage reading copy. Seidman S22, Kolarz [2] p. 153. Book
1902xiv, 280 p. col. front., illus. (plans) plates, ports., fascims. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
1994[Storia Kennedy](cm. 17.8) brossura editoriale figurata, -pp. 662+ 2 inserti fotografici con diverse immagini in nero di personaggi coinvolti nella vicenda dell'assassinio del presidente Kennedy. La prima pagine contiene l'immagine fotografica del Presidente prima dell'autopsia, fu mostrata negli stati uniti in televisione per la prima volta nel 1988. nel testo anche una mappa della zona dove avvenne l'omicidio e un immagine che mostra il punto della nuca dove fu colpito. Esaustiva indagine su dettagli trascurati che potrebbero far pensare ad una cospirazione. Minimi segni del tempo, dorso in ottime condizioni nonostante lo spessore piuttosto alto. Testo in inglese. [n32] Libro
