TRAVEL / Asia / Southeast Books

New York: Doubleday, 1993. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The true life American epic of five men who met as fraternity brothers in the early 1960s and went on to live out their dreams, failures, loves, and the betrayals of their tumultous generation. Provides an excellent view of America in the 1960s - and of those who worked to honor and build it and those who worked to tear it down, with much information on the controversy over Vietnam, serving in the US Marine Corps as an officer, becom... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. A massive collection of essays and lectures by the famous conservative columnist and public speaker, covering a wide range of social, political, and historical issues - the last days of Cardinal Mindszenty, the histrionic techniques of actor David Niven, the artifices of the CIA, the selling of a bestseller, skiing, flying, sailing, a self-study of his earlier famous brief against higher education at Yale, the character and policies of US President Jimmy Carter as well a... more information

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Boston: Americanist Library : Western Islands, 1965. A classic of conservative writing and the 'Cold War' era, the author surveys communist subversion throughout the West during most of the twentieth century, the spread of its tentacles into the US government and its State Department, the United Nations, the US military, mass media, and elsewhere, communist tactics, how people are duped by its propaganda, much more. Other companion volumes 'Americanist Library' titles available. Wraps, appendices, indexed... more information

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New York: Summit Books, 1984. A detailed and very interesting history of the entire Kennedy family, an American political dynasty spanning numerous generations and filled with scandal, intrigue, and so much more, all the facts presented, rumors laid to rest, scandals explored and amplified, much more, they having a very profound cumulative affect upon US, European, and world history. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, illustrations, bibliographical note, notes, indexed, 576pp. A nice copy.. ISBN: 0... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. The massive and detailed biography of the former US Secretary of State under US Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, revealing much detail not only of Kissinger's personal background and career, but also of the inner workings of US foreign policy during the 1960s and 1970s, Kissinger's influence much impacting the destiny of Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and other crisis areas, as well as much information on Nixon and his family and the atmosphere within... more information

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New York: Thomas Dunne Books : St. Martin's Press, 2003. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A critical examination of the Vietnam war record of Medal of Honor recipient and American Congressman Bob Kerrey, alleging both atrocities committed by himself and his men during operations in Vietnam, as well as coverups and disinformation which he allegedly spread about his military career, all of which emerged inconveniently - but inevitably - during his political campaign for the presidency. Hardcove... more information

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New York: Random House, 1995. The former African-American Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff discusses his life and its milestones, his upbringing, army career, and involvement with US politics; contains numerous glossy illustrations, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 643pp. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5. BCE. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. US History, General Colin Powell, US United States Army, Autobiography, Memoirs, Biography, Joint Chiefs of Staff, JCS, War, Warfare... more information

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New York: Random House, 1995. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The former African-American Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff discusses his life and its milestones, his upbringing, army career, and involvement with US politics; contains numerous glossy illustrations, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 643pp. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. US History, General Colin Powell, US United States Army, Autobiogr... more information

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New York: Random House, 1995. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The former African-American Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff discusses his life and its milestones, his upbringing, army career, and involvement with US politics; contains numerous glossy illustrations, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 643pp. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-679-43296-5. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. US History, General Colin Powell, US United States Army, Autobiogr... more information

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New York: Harper and Row Publsihers, Inc., 1987. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The 1960s priest turned radical anti-Vietnam war protestor, presents his memoirs of his life and political activism, his arrest and trial for burning draft files in 1968, asnd various other protest actions and illegalities. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, indexed, 356pp. A nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare.. ISBN: 0-06-250057-0. First Edition (stat... more information

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New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. First Edition (stated). The former American Senator discusses American foreign policy and the heavy price the United States and the world has paid throughout the Cold War, keeping relative global peace through high armaments and military tensions, with much attention given the conflicts in Vietnam, the Middle East, and in Central America, the author also casting his eye towards future international relations, especially focusing on the policies he feels the US and Russia sho... more information

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New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. First Edition (stated). The former American Senator discusses American foreign policy and the heavy price the United States and the world has paid throughout the Cold War, keeping relative global peace through high armaments and military tensions, with much attention given the conflicts in Vietnam, the Middle East, and in Central America, the author also casting his eye towards future international relations, especially focusing on the policies he feels the US and Russia sho... more information

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Playboy Press, 1982. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The remarkable story of the ascent to power of US President Richard M. Nixon's self-described 'vicar', with much information of his US Army military service, his personality, his thinking, his attitude to public service and politcs, and what Americ and the world may expect of him in future. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains notes, bibliography, indexed, 450pp. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-87223-753-2. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. ... more information

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New York: New American Library : NAL, 1967. Novel of American prisoners held by the communist Vietnamese in a hellish camp - and what they do about their situation. Hardcover, 214pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Literature, Novels, Fiction, Vietnam War, Indochina, Indochine, Prisoners, POWs. ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The memoirs of possibly the most world-famous television reporter, a household name and face to all Americans from the 1950s through the 1970s and beyond, with much information on the many world personalities her knew and the events he covered, as well as the inside workings of a major television network. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, 384pp. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-394-57879-1. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The memoirs of possibly the most world-famous television reporter, a household name and face to all Americans from the 1950s through the 1970s and beyond, with much information on the many world personalities her knew and the events he covered, as well as the inside workings of a major television network. Hardcover with dust jacket, 384pp. A very nice copy.. ISBN: 0-394-57879-1. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8... more information

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Belmont: Western Islands, 1971. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. An interesting, critical biography of US President Richard Nixon from a conservative point of view, the author citing facts and information to demonstrate that Nixon was far more liberal than is usually assumed, and that many of his policies were often in close harmony with those of his left-liberal critics. Hardcover with dust jacket, indexed, 433pp., d.j. shows light edgewear, book and d.j. show a vertical two-inch scratch along lower ... more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1990. First Printing of the First Edition. The accomplished and popular journalist and essayist of Americana chronicles his boyhood traveling around North Carolina with his social worker father, his early days writing for newspapers and for radio and television, his elevation to become a CBS News Correspondent, and a decade of global adventures thereafter covering hot and dangerous stories, especially in Vietnam and other war zones; contains glossy illustrations. Hardcover with p... more information

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New York: McGraw Hill, 1965. The authors of 'The Ugly American' present a searing novel castigating the stupidity of American foreign policy in Asia and how incompetently its embassies are run, the unsuitability of people assigned as ambassadors to important posts, ete., and how the communists easily take full advantage of these blunders.. Novel plot is that of a southeast Asian nation, 'Sarkhan', falling to communism while a bewildered and uncomprehending Washington twiddles its thumbs and makes one blund... more information

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Belmont: Robert Welch, Inc. : John Birch Society, 1963. The once very popular and influential conservative 'American Opinion' magazine reprinting Johnson's incisive study of how the communist movement seeks to exploit and propagandize amongst people of color and the 'Civil Rights movement' to misuse them to weaken and undermine society in order to pave the way for Marxist transformation. Wraps magazine format, 78pp., shows one small vertical mark across cover. An extremely rare collectible.. First Edition... more information

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