Search Results: Politics and Government from The Owl at the Bridge

NY, Little, Brown, 2009. Hard Cover. [viii], 279 p.; 24 cm. Drawing upon history, economics, complexity theory, human immunology, psychology, and his own extraordinary experiences, Ramo delivers a brilliant new paradigm for understanding the dangerous-- and dangerously unpredictable-- new global order. ISBN (10): 0316118087. Stock#47365. VG in VG dj.

NY, Simon & Schuster, ©1983. Hard Cover. 511 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates, illus.; 24 cm. Includes material on Konrad Adenauer, Douglas MacArthur in Japan, Dean Acheson, Jean Monnet, the Marshall Plan, John Foster Dulles, John F. Kennedy, Charles de Gaulle, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Willy Brandt, détente, Henry Kissinger, trilateralism, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan. ISBN (1): 0671425021. Vg / dj vg. Stock#NEU292.

N.Y., Doubleday, 1954. Hard Cover. xx, 409 p. 21.5 cm. 366 essays, mostly one page each, one for each day of the year, beginning July 4th. Stock #29249. Vg/ dj vg.

NY, Time, Inc. [©1963]. 'Time reading program special edition'. Soft Cover. xxi, 319 p.; 21 cm. "The American Presidency is not a tract expounding any 'ism,' but rather is a fascinating study of the evolution of an office, written by a sound scholar of unusual literary gifts." Stock#46485. Vg / soft cover.

xii, 274 pages, 8 plates, portraits, facsimile; 20.5 cm. Stock#Neu435.

Bantam, 1978. Soft Cover. xi, 401 p., index, chart; 18 cm. 'This is a book about the arms trade and its development over the last century, culminating in the contemporary boom in arms sales. It is about the companies who make the arms, and the attitudes and methods of the men who buy them and sell them, or try to control them. ...conventional arms exports, particularly those to the Third World, have always raised special moral and diplomatic problems... I have tried to show these problems as they have been seen by practitioners on both sides... The trade of its nature is secretive... The successive revelations about Lockheed and Northrop are historically important not so much for the evidence of bribery, which caused the immediate scandal, as for their detailed documentation and testimony, which gave unique insights into the day-to-day workings and attitudes of arms companies and salesmen all over the world...' Paper; good. Stock#32570.

Reading, Mass. : Addison Wesley Pub. Co., ©1997. Hard Cover. xiii, 397 p. ; 25 cm. If you want to help your city save more without cutting service levels, as Indianapolis did; if you need to do more with half the staff, as New Zealand’s state-owned enterprises did; if you want to double the effectiveness of your organization, as the U.S. tactical Air Command did—read this book." Stock# 44,754. Vg / dj vg.

N.Y., St. Martins, 1978. Hard Cover. 3 p.l., 203 p., 22 cm. "The Russians want the advantages of relaxation, but resist changing their ways to obtain them." Stock# 31,113. Vg/ dj vg.

New York, Macmillan [1987]. Hard Cover. 7 p.l., 830 p., index, plates. 24 cm. ”A monumental biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, the legendary wartime leader of British intelligence. Agile, ruthless, and cunning, Menzies dominated the world intelligence scene from 1933 to 1952.” Recent authors have suggested that Menzies was better at fighting bureaucratic wars than the Germans. Without the assistance of the Abwehr and Menzies's control of information from Bletchley Park, he was a muddle-headed aristocratic dupe. ”By 1944 SIS was almost in dissolution, its few successes overshadowed by its disasters.” Stock# 44,461. Vg / dj vg.

Collier/Macmillan, NY [1987]. Soft Cover. 830 p., index, plates. ”A monumental biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, the legendary wartime leader of British intelligence. Agile, ruthless, and cunning, Menzies dominated the world intelligence scene from 1933 to 1952.” Recent authors have suggested that Menzies was better at fighting bureaucratic wars than the Germans. Without the assistance of the Abwehr and Menzies's control of information from Bletchley Park, he was a muddle-headed aristocractic dupe. ”By 1944 SIS was almost in dissolution, its few successes overshadowed by its disasters.” stock#23027a. Vg/paper covers slightly scuffed.

[East Lansing] Michigan State University Press, 1973. Hard Cover. x, 300 p., map; 24 cm. "Deep economic, social and political forces far beyond the control of any foreign power, spelled doom for the Kuomintang and victory for the Communists." ISBN (10): 0870131788. Stock#NEU259. Very Good in VG dust jacket.

Boston, Little, Brown / Atlantic Monthly Press, ©1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiii, 234 p.; 22 cm. A global survey of United States foreign policy with a strong emphasis on the danger of the Soviet Union. ISBN(10): 0316488445. Stock#NEU311. Former library reserve book with tatty, taped dust jacket but very few library signs, no stamps, no markings.

Austin, TX, The Jenkins Company, 1987. Soft Cover. 79 p., 28 cm. 772 items. Stock# 38,279. Vg/ paper.

Università degli Studi di Urbino, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche/ QuattroVenti [1993]. On the history of oligarchy in Italy. Soft Cover. 45 pages, index; 21 cm. Fine. Stock#40437.

Boston, Beacon Press [1972]. Hard Cover. [xi], 138 p.; 23.5 cm. "Argues that capitalism is reorganizing itself to meet the threat of the first truly 'world-historical' revolution... Analyses the prospects and strategies of the New Left." ISBN (10): 0807015326. Stock#47056. Vg / dj vg.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, ©1986. Hard Cover. [xv], 176 p.; 24 cm. "Relying on documentary evidence collected from the National Archives and presidential libraries, [Mayer] demonstrates that throughout the early 1950s America's response to the Sino-Soviet alliance conformed to the modus operandi of classical diplomacy: the United States attempted to divide its enemy by drawing China, the weaker party, away from Russia. With the advent of the Korean War, that policy, subtle and sound but ultimately ineffective, had to be dropped. ...Mayers demonstrates that a host of domestic factors-- most notably McCarthyism-- restrained the Truman and Eisenhower administrations from implementing more creative, and potentially more effective, policies." ISBN(10): 0807112879. Very Good in VG dust jacket. Stock#NEU239.

NY, Harper & Row, ©1977. Hard Cover. xiv, 206 p.; 21.5 cm. "Requires reconsideration of all political orientations rooted in assumptions of endless plenty." ISBN (10): 006010838X. Stock#NEU188. Vg / dj vg.

A lively account of Soviet foreign-intelligence activity in Great Britain during the Cold War, based on documents newly released from KGB archives. Reproduces the reports of Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony Blunt, introduces a new Oxford spy ring, and expands our knowledge of the depth of Soviet penetration. Hard Cover. xiv, 366 pages, illustrations; 24.5 cm. As new in as new dust jacket. Stock#28330/h.

N.Y., Viking, 1986. Hard Cover. xvi, 382 p.24 cm. President Ronald Reagan's professional life--his acting career, his personal finances, and his rise in politics--has been interwoven with and propelled by a powerful Hollywood-based entertainment conglomerate named MCA." Stock #29,255. Vg/ vg.

Madrid, Dirección y Administración, 1885 [Imp. Manuel Minuesa de los Ríos]. "Cicerón, como orador y como hablista, ocupará siempre una página de oro en la historia. Como filósofo, tuvo una misión marcada en medio de la corrupción de las costumbres de su época, y dió un paso hacia la fraternidad universal." Hard Cover. 155, [1] pages, 14.5 cm. Somewhat stiffly bound in red boards, spine stamped in gold, gold marker ribbon; minor wear, pages darkened; good. Stock#38867.