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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Book Club Edition. (China, history, peronsal narratives) 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Phila., Blakiston (1944). 322 pages, hardcover, very good condition, no jacket.

Hardcover. ix, [1], 322, [4] p. 22 cm. Map. From WIkipedia: "Jack Belden (February 3, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York June 3, 1989 in Paris) was an American war correspondent who covered the Japanese invasion of China, the Second World War and the Chinese Revolution. As one of the noted foreign correspondents in China in the 1930s and 1940s, Belden spoke Chinese well and often traveled to the front lines to cover events from the point of view of soldiers and villagers. He traveled often in the company of General Joseph Stilwell, who also spoke Chinese, and with colleagues Agnes Smedley and Edgar Snow. After graduating with honors from Colgate University at the beginning of the Depression, Belden found work as a merchant seaman. In 1933, he jumped ship in Shanghai. He learned Chinese and eventually got a job covering local courts for Shanghai's English-language newspapers. After Japan invaded China in 1937, Belden was hired by United Press. Life magazine soon picked him up and he spent most of the Second World War as a correspondent for Time and Life in China, North Africa and Europe. Belden was noted in China for getting closer to the action than most of the international press corps who, hampered by their inability to speak the language, usually stayed close to official sources of information. In 1942, Belden earned some fame for being the only reporter who remained with Stilwell in Burma when the American General and his headquarters staff were cut off by the invading Japanese. Belden's book Retreat With Stilwell (1943) chronicled the journey that "Vinegar Joe", his staff and others made, mostly on foot, to India. Belden went on to cover the war for Life in North Africa and Europe. In North Africa, he covered the British 8th Army s grueling march from Egypt to Tunisia. Again, Belden distinguished himself by getting as close to the combat and the people fighting it as possible. After the Africa campaign, Belden landed with the invading troops in Sicily and Salerno. In 1943, Belden's leg was shattered by machine-gun fire during the Salerno invasion. After recovering in the U.S., he returned to Europe and covered the invasion of France and the end of the War in Europe. Eric Sevareid, in his autobiography Not So Wild a Dream, recounts crossing paths with Belden in the final weeks before the Nazi surrender. A collection of short essays, Still Time to Die, (1944) includes his reportage from battlefields in Asia, North Africa and Europe. Belden published China Shakes the World in 1949, when the American public had lost interest in reports from China. The book s reputation came only in the 1960s, when the Monthly Review Press reprinted it in paperback with a sympathetic introduction by Owen Lattimore. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling Pencil erasure residue on fep. Not a first. Authorized by Harper & Row, may be a book club.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Brown cl., yellow lettering, lines on backstr., sl. rubbed. Maps. 322pp.

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. Writing inside. (WWII, history, china).

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. No dust jacket. Internal contents are mildly tanned. A crisp, neat and clean copy.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 340 pages. 8.50x5.51x0.77 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Still Time to Die | Jack Belden | Taschenbuch | ix | Englisch | 2012 | Springer | EAN 9781468462302 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - InhaltsangabeThe Nature of the Battlefield.- 1. Falsehood.- 2. Uncertainty.- 3. Friction.- 4. Courage.- 5. Resolution.- 6. Exertion.- 7. Brotherhood and Loneliness.- 8. Destruction.- Chinese Battlefields.- I. The Death of a City.- 1. The dangerous position of China.- 2. The smell and feel of a city; its transmutation in war.- 3. War should be treated with respect.- 4. Defeat corrodes the soul.- 5. War breeds suspicion.- 6. War arouses passions.- 7. People have blind natural impulses.- 8. Non-combatants are often trapped.- 9. A city dies.- II. The Retreat from Hsuchow.- 1. The Japanese trap.- 2. A night march.- 3. 'War is the province of chance'.- 4. The atmosphere of retreat.- 5. A chance meeting with the enemy.- 6. History repeats itself.- 7. Breaking through.- 8. 'One can cut off a slice of bread, but not an army'.- III. The Battle of The Yellow River.- 1. A river betrays China.- 2. What soldiers feel as they approach the battlefield.- 3. How it feels to be surprised.- 4. New battlefields are always strange and confusing.- 5. The problems of a general.- 6. Battles take sudden changes.- 7. 'Cannon fever'.- 8. Battles make the uninitiated insane.- 9. 'The fog of war'.- 10. Anticipation produces fear.- 11. Sometimes soldiers shoot themselves.- 12. Retreat at night.- 13. Horror.- 14. Chiang Kai-shek makes a decision.- 15. The Yellow River.- British Battlefields.- IV. The Siege of Malta.- 1. The Blitz.- 2. Air Siege.- 3. The People.- V. The Battle of The Mareth Line.- 1. 'The perfect battle'.- 2. The importance of infantry.- 3. Attack.- 4. Defeat.- 5. Victory.- American Battlefields.- VI. The Landing at Sicily.- 1. The fear of uncertainty.- 2. The certainty of fear.- 3. The mystery of a landing.- 4. Exploring a hostile country.- 5. 'It's good to be alive'.- VII. Landing in the Enemy's Rear.- 1. A commander revives his men.- 2. The Hollywood atmosphere of a night landing.- 3. Bernard's Last Stand.- 4. Journey's End Hill.- VIII. Salerno.- Epilogue: There is Still Time To Die.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 288. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Publisher's file copy from the archive at Gollancz with their neat stamp on the title page. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Excellent condition.

Zustand: Very Good. 1945. Hardcover. 8vo Good/Fine in original dustwrapper. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.Publishers archive copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1945. Hardcover. 8vo Good/Fine in original dustwrapper. Victor Gollancz was a teacher publisher author and public campaigner who spen his life t passionately trying to make people see the truth as he saw it. In many ways he epitomised the social conscience of the mid twientienth century. He founded The Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment.Publishers archive copy. . . . .