The Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs by Ball, G W - 1982

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1983. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1983. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1983-10-17. paperback. Used: Good.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1983-10-16. paperback. Good. 6x1x9. Good book. Some wear to cover edges and corners. Crease on spine.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1982. First Edition. First Printing thus. Trade paperback. good. 24 cm, 527, wraps, illus., maps, notes, index, some wear to cover edges, sticker residue on rear cover. George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 - May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. He refused to publicize his doubts, which were based on calculations that South Vietnam was doomed. He also helped determine American policy regarding trade expansion, Congo, the Multilateral Force, de Gaulle's France, Israel and the rest of the Middle East, and the Iranian Revolution. During 1942, he became an official of the Lend Lease program. During 1944 and 1945, he was director of the Strategic Bombing Survey in London. During 1945, Ball began collaboration with Jean Monnet and the French government in its economic recovery in its negotiations… Read More

W. W. Norton & Company, 1983-10-17. paperback. Used:Good.

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc, 1983-10-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 17/10/1983 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 3.5533 in x 22.8426 in x 15.2284 in.

Paperback / softback. New. “George Ball’s memoirs are everything that most of the art is not. While he does not neglect his achievement, he is candid on the things that went wrong. His public life has provided him with a very great deal of very great importance to tell. And much of his story amusing.” —John Kenneth Galbraith