Search Results: History: Asia from pacaritambo books

Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: NEW 1988 Douglas & McIntyre hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. B&W era photo section. Fantastic archaeological/travel book off the beaten path of the Silk Road. Some things, of course, have changed since the publication of this book, but history changes daily. This is an opportunity to see archaeology up close on day 1.

UK: Cassell, 1988. Revised Ediiton 1. Hardcover. Very Good+/New. B&W illustrations. CONDITION: Gently pre-read 1988 Cassell hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, revised edition, first printing. Loaded with B&W illustrations and art reproductions. No problems: just pre-read. CONTENT: The Mongols formed one of the finest armies ever known--and when they swept across the Danube on Christmas Day 1241, the west lay at the mercy of these "horsemen from hell." From a wealth of contemporary sources comes the story of these soldiers, and especially of Subedei Bahadur, the illiterate military genius who brought 20th-century warfare to Medieval Europe. A fascinating examination of their tactics and training--good enough to invent strategies that Rommel and Patton would later use to such devastating effect--proves the Mongols were more than mere barbarians: they were martial masterminds of the highest order. "A rare combination. An informative, yet highly readable book about… Read More

Westview Press, 1998. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. A few B&W photos throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD 1998 Westview Press hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, 3rd printing. A few B&W photos throughout. CONTENT: Upon arriving in India, the first English settlers found the humid, unforgiving climate almost unbearable. Malaria, cholera, and dysentery ravaged their beleaguered ranks, making the average life span for both men and women no more than 30 years. To escape these epidemics, they found refuge in the temperate climate of the hills. Above the clouds, Europeans built numerous hill stations, not just in India, but also in Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia. From the luxury of these curious establishments, they ruled their colonies with imperial aplomb. Colonialism lapsed and the foreigners were eventually expelled from these countries, yet the hill stations still remain. In early 1997, Barbara Crossette, the United Nations bureau chief for the New… Read More

Castle Books, 1999. First Hardcover Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. New/New. B&W illustrations throughout. CONDITION: NEW 1999 Castle Books hardcover (black boards - 2 lbs), first hardcover edition or first thus (however you might see it - previously published in Hong Kong), no printing given - assumed first. B&W illustrations throughout, but no credit given. CONTENT: Secrets of the Samurai is a definitive study of the martial arts of feudal Japan, illustrating in detail the weapons, techniques, strategies, and principles of combat that made the Japanese warrior a supremely effective foe.

Oxford University Press, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2014 Oxford Univ. Press hardcover (white boards - oh no!) and dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. No illustrations of any kind. CONTENT: Mikhail Gorbachev's relations with the West have captured the imagination of contemporaries and historians alike, but his vision of Soviet leadership in Asia has received far less attention. The failure of Gorbachev's Asian initiatives has had dramatic consequences, by the late 1980s, the Soviet Union was in full retreat from Asia, and since the Soviet collapse, Russia has been left on the sidelines of the "Pacific century." In this exceptionally wide-ranging and deeply researched book, Sergey Radchenko offers an illuminating account of the end of the Cold War in the East, tracing the death of Soviet ambitions in Asia. Radchenko shows that Gorbachev began with big gestures, of which the most important was his… Read More