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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A stunning first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with trivial edgewear; Oliver Stone's America is an exploration of the filmmaker's thoughts on the current state of the United States. The book is divided into six sections, each with its own title: "The American Century," "The Great Divide," "The Price of Empire," "The Politics of Rage," "The Search for Truth." Each section is filled with Stone's thoughts on American history, politics, and culture, as well as his personal experiences.; B & W Photographs; 8vo; 166 pages.…

Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Ex libris stamp on title.

2nd impression. A clean, tidy copy in firm binding. New Perspectives on Asian History series. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by WestviewPress, 1998. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 279 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is grey with black print. Boards in black cloth. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1396884. FP New Rockville Stock.

cloth, 384 pp, dustwrapper (some damage).

8vo. 278pp. Maps, plans. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a finecopy. . First edition. Extensive bibliography.

Zustand: Gut. Reprint. XIII, 391 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Contents -- The Introduction, in which the Author offers two tales of the Scientific Revolution -- Science in the Reign of Louis XIII -- Pawning off the New Science: Theophraste Renaudot and the Conferences of the Bureau dadresse -- Natural History and Natural Philosophy at the -- Bureau dadresse -- Science and Orthodoxy at the Bureau dadresse -- The Comparative Case of Literature -- Of Black Sheep, False Suns, and Systematic Thought: René Descartes and His World -- A biographical sketch of the philosopher as black sheep -- The Cartesian System; or, a lengthy explanation -- of false suns -- Reflections on the mind-body problem -- Science in the Reign of Louis XIV -- A Science for a Polite Society: the Crown as the second most Philosophical Hat in Paris -- The precious pursuit of natural philosophy -- Science as gloire in the court of the Sun King -- A Pretty Novel of Physics, in which Cogito, ergo sum meets cest moi -- A Science for the Sun King -- Dutch Reformed Cartesian Liberalism, with notes on deconstruction and other things -- The Sun King strikes back -- The birth of a new Cartesian Physics -- Science in the Reign of Louis XV -- The Demonstration of Enlightenment -- The most philosophical hat in Paris passes to Pierre Polini ère -- Demonstration-Lectures: Enlightenment without Hypothesis -- Jean Antoine Nollet and the Enlightenment in Paris -- The Discovery of the Newtonian World; or, Flattening the Poles if not the Cartesians -- Lmilie du Chatelet and the Mind of -- the Enlightenment -- The Discovery of the Newtonian World -- The best of all possible worlds; or, the marriage of -- Newton and Leibniz -- A new conversation on the plurality of worlds, in which -- Fontenelle is both panned and glossed -- Electricity in the Eighteenth Century; or, The Philosophy of Shocks and Sparks -- The world is full of a pumber of things, most of them electric -- The système Nollet -- Of kites and coonskin caps: a noble savage for electricity -- The Conclusion, in which the Author Draws a Moral. ISBN 9780813315768 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 637 15,6 x 2,3 x 23,5 cm, Broschiert / Paperback.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / Second Print (number line on copyright page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). Hardback copy in quarter bound black cloth with tan marbled boards, gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 302pp. B/w photographs throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (25/4).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Printing [Stated]. x, Footnotes. Tables. Figures. Chapters on: The Context, The Changing Meaning of Deterrence; Theater Missile Defense; The Legacy of SDI; National Missile Defense; and Missile Defense and U.S. Security Policy; Appendix A: List of the 13 Major Agreements Between the US and USSR from 1972 to 1979; Appendix B: Soviet Approaches to BMD: A Chronology; Appendix C: Chemical and Biological Weapons; Appendix D: Section of President Reagan's March 23, 1983 Speech Concerning Strategic Defense. Bibliography. DJ has some wear and soiling. Corners of some of the pages have been creased. David Denoon is professor of politics and economics at New York University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London), the Asia Society, the U.S.-Indonesia Society, and is Co-Chairman of the Columbia University Faculty Seminar on Southeast Asia. He is also chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board of Great Decisions. Denoon is the author and editor of seven books, including Real Reciprocity: Balancing U.S. Economic and Security Policy in the Pacific Basin. He published a monograph titled The Economic and Strategic Rise of China and India and an edited volume, China: Contemporary Political, Economic, and International Affairs. Denoon received a Ph.D. from M.I.T. He has served in the Federal Government in three positions: program economist for USAID in Jakarta, vice president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and deputy assistant secretary of defense. Missile defense technology being developed, tested and deployed by the United States is designed to counter ballistic missiles of all rangesâ"short, medium, intermediate and long. Since ballistic missiles have different ranges, speeds, size and performance characteristics, the Ballistic Missile Defense System is an integrated, "layered" architecture that provides multiple opportunities to destroy missiles and their warheads before they can reach their targets. The system's architecture includes: networked sensors (including space-based) and ground- and sea-based radars for target detection and tracking; ground- and sea-based interceptor missiles for destroying a ballistic missile using either the force of a direct collision, called "hit-to-kill" technology, or an explosive blast fragmentation warhead; and a command, control, battle management, and communications network providing the operational commanders with the needed links between the sensors and interceptor missiles. Missile defense elements are operated by United States military personnel from U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Forces Japan, U.S. European Command and others. The United States has missile defense cooperative programs with a number of allies, including United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Israel, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy and many others. The Missile Defense Agency also actively participates in NATO activities to maximize opportunities to develop an integrated NATO ballistic missile defense capability. Mark A. Anderson (Cover photograph) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. DJ has some wear and soiling. Minor soiling to book edges. Includes List of Illustrations, as well as Foreword by John W. Dower. Also includes Acknowledgments and Author's Note, as well as an introduction. Chapters cover The Sandakan POW Camp and the Geneva Convention; The Sandakan Death Marches and the Elimination of POWs; Rape and War: The Japanese Experience; Judge Webb and Japanese Cannibalism; Japanese Biological Warfare Plans and Experiments on POWs; Massacre of Civilians at Kavieng; and Conclusion: Understanding Japanese Brutality in the Asia-Pacific War. Notes. About the book and the author. Index. First Published in 1993 in Japan by Otsuki Shoten (in Japanese). This is one of the Transitions: Asia and Asian America series. Based on exhaustive research in previously closed archives, this book represents a landmark analysis of Japanese war crimes. The author explores individual atrocities in their broader social, psychological, and institutional milieu, and places Japanese behavior during the war in the broader context of the dehumanization of men at war--without denying individual and national responsibility. Yuki Tanaka (Tanaka Toshiyuki, born May 26, 1949) is a History Professor at Hiroshima University. He has written extensively about forced prostitution under the Japanese Empire, as well as in Japan under US military rule. He also writes about the laws of warfare. This book documents for the first time previously hidden Japanese atrocities in World War II, including cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape, enforced prostitution, and murder of noncombatants; and biological warfare experiments. The author describes how desperate Japanese soldiers consumed the flesh of their own comrades killed in fighting as well as that of Australians, Pakistanis, and Indians. Another chapter traces the fate of 65 shipwrecked Australian nurses and British soldiers who were shot or stabbed to death by Japanese soldiers. Thirty-two other nurses, who landed on another island, were captured and sent to Sumatra to become comfort women prostitutes for Japanese soldiers. Tanaka recounts how thousands of Australian and British POWs died in the infamous Sandakan camp in the Borneo jungle in 1945. Those who survived were forced to endure a tortuous 160-mile march on which anyone who dropped out of line was immediately shot. Only six escapees lived to tell the tale. Based on exhaustive research in previously closed archives, this book represents a landmark analysis of Japanese war crimes. The author explores individual atrocities in their broader social, psychological, and institutional milieu and places Japanese behavior during the war in the broader context of the dehumanization of men at war without denying individual and national responsibility. This is presumed to be the first U.S./English Language edition, first printing.…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Très bon. 1 vol.; 208 p.; 23.5 cm; Broché couv. souple un peu frottée; papier jauni en marge; bon état; 10A4 520g.