Lage william potter (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. pp.xi, 380 pages, a good plus hardback, publisher's original grey cloth binding with blue lettering to the spine, internally excellent, downgraded from VG as the exterior has insignificant spine edge wear, from a uk university.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (neutrality, united states, world war, 1914-1918) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xi, [1], 380. [4] pages. Footnotes. Appendices. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some discoloration inside the boards. Some page soiling and discoloration. It is the purpose of this book to expose the fallacies which have so greatly undermined the conception of neutrality, and to indicate the dangerous vistas which unneutrality now opens to the United States. An attempt will be made to present the underlying reasons for neutrality over the centuries, regarded by many down to 1914 as the maximum achievement of international law. The errors in the administration of American neutrality during the period of 1914-17 will then be discussed, and after that the postwar development, including recent legislative proposals and their effect on the neutrality for the United States. The authors hold that the law of neutrality as developed in modern times is too precious a heritage to be thrown away, especially for such a poor substitute as "collective security" -- which they find to be the very antithesis of real neutrality. Most of their volume consists of a history of American "unneutrality" from 1914 to 1917. Their interpretation of our policy during those years pictures Wilson and most of his advisers as far from neutral in thought and deed. Like Mr. Hallgren's work, this book shows the growing disillusionment with our neutrality policy.…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Zustand: NEAR FINE. First Printing. xi, [1], 380pp. 8vo, sewn binding in gray cloth with blut stamped spine lettering. Some very trivial offsetting to the gutters, otherwise exceedingly clean and sharp with tight, square binding and crisp pages; DJ tips show moderate rubbing and just a bit of loss but with all spine lettering intact, small dampstain to spine, price clipped. Quite scarce in jacket. One of the most important works in interwar isolationism, Charles Beard himself hailed it as the movement's flagship, writing in his endorsement. [Doenecke, The Literature of Isolationism, p. 69].…