Politics And Government from The Owl at the Bridge

"Joseph Keppler (1838-94), popular artist, satirist, and commentator, entertained a generation of American s with his colorful and witty political cartoons. A major event in publishing, this first biography of Keppler includes more than 170 color and black-and-white cartoons, most of which have not been seen in print since they first appeared." With a foreword by Jim Borgman.… Ler mais sobre este item

"By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo, the ruling Medici embodied the progressive humanist spirit of the age, and in Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) they possessed a diplomat capable of guarding the militarily weak city in a… Ler mais sobre este item

"This book is based on a single premise: If American politicians were truly pragmatic and did what was really in their own best interest, our political process would be a lot cleaner, more positive, nonpartisan, and issue-oriented." 252 pages; extensive ink inscription on half-title (to "Bruce" from "Marion Berry"); small smear on front of dj; withal Good+. Stock#ofc0483.

Trudeau deals with Zonk and tanning, steroids in sport, the Camp David peace negotiations, inequality of women's pay, and other issues of the 1970s. [124] pages, chiefly illustrations; 21 cm. Stock#20936.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. Hard Cover. xxvi, 322 pages; 24 cm. After believing that there was a "missile gap," Kennedy and McNamara realized the U.S. was better off than they thought, but they still went on a spending spree and started a new arms race. Fine in fine dust jacket. ISBN(10): 0520036980. Stock#NEU322/house.

N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 1936. Preface dated August, 1935. First published in October, 1935. Attacks on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, published for the presidential election campaign of 1936. Hard Cover. xiv, 78 pages; 19.5 cm. Vg/ no dj. Stock#NS0094.

NY, Oxford UP, 1920. The two international Hague Conferences (1899 & 1907) were held to discuss problems of armaments and the rules of modern warfare. Although they failed to prevent World War I, they furnished an example for both the League of Nations and the UN; the first conference created the Hague Tribunal. The instructions given by Secretaries of… Ler mais sobre este item

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. vii, 440 p., index, 13 plates (mostly portraits), 24.5 cm. 'First Edition After The Printing Of 377 De Luxe Copies.' Chapters include An American Democracy at the Court of St. James's; Vexations of an American Ambassador; How Page Would Have Ended the War-- in 1914; Colonel Squier Visits the… Ler mais sobre este item

N.Y., Scribner's , 1951. Hard Cover. xv, 481p., 23.5 cm. The philosopher's last book. "My lot has been cast in different moral climates, amidst people of more than one language and religion, with contrary habits and assumptions in their political life."Stock# 31,247. Good, spine lettering faded/ no dj.

N.Y., St. Martins, 1978. Hard Cover. 3 p.l., 203 p., 22 cm. "The Russians want the advantages of relaxation, but resist changing their ways to obtain them." Stock# 31,113. Vg/ dj vg.

N.Y., Simon and Schuster, 1938. Hard Cover. 139 p.,21 cm.Third printing. "Shows how people who are still free must take up the struggle against Hitler's growing power." Stock# 27035. Vg/ no dj, as issued.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. Hard Cover. [viii], 277 p.; 24 cm. "Presenting significant new insights into Eisenhower's foreign policy and his relationship with John Foster Dulles, the authors provide probing analyses of issues ranging from Indochina, the Middle East, Latin America, and China, to nuclear arms control and German rearmament." ISBN (10): 0252013409. Stock#NEU258. Very Good in… Ler mais sobre este item

Collier/Macmillan, NY [1987]. Soft Cover. 830 p., index, plates. ”A monumental biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, the legendary wartime leader of British intelligence. Agile, ruthless, and cunning, Menzies dominated the world intelligence scene from 1933 to 1952.” Recent authors have suggested that Menzies was better at fighting bureaucratic wars than the Germans. Without the assistance of the Abwehr and… Ler mais sobre este item

Torino : G. Einaudi, c1981. Soft Cover. 257 p., index, 18 cm. Quaderni del carcere. Quaderno 13 . Series: Piccola Biblioteca Einaudi ; 408. The notebooks kept during the long years Antonio Gramsci, 1891-1937, spent in a Fascist prison include his thoughts on Machiavelli. Bibliography: p. [239]-243. Stock# 38,054. Fine, still in publisher's plastic wrapping./ paper.

NY, Atheneum, 1965.. xi, 431 p., index. Stock #20825b. Vg/vg. American history, political campaigns, culture, democracy, government.

A lively account of Soviet foreign-intelligence activity in Great Britain during the Cold War, based on documents newly released from KGB archives. Reproduces the reports of Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Anthony Blunt, introduces a new Oxford spy ring, and expands our knowledge of the depth of Soviet penetration. Hard Cover. xiv, 366 pages, illustrations; 24.5… Ler mais sobre este item

New York, A Vintage Book / A Caravelle Edition, [1965]. Soft Cover. xviii, 433, xi p., 20 cm. He arguied "that the Articles of Confederation were a better expression of genuine democratic values than was the Constitution. The replacement of the Articles with the Constitution, Jensen argued, created a system of government that minimized the influence of radical democracy… Ler mais sobre este item

London, Collins, 1990. Hard Cover. xxvi, 181 p., index. ”Anthony Cavendish's narration spans a crucial phase in the development of British intelligence. It draws on his personal experience and on his long friendship with the Director General of MI6 [1973-1978], the late Sir Maurice Oldfield.” This book is essentially a defence of Oldfield from charges, by Peter Wright and… Ler mais sobre este item

Alexandria, Va., Media Research Center, c1990. Soft Cover. xvii, 339 p.; 23 cm. Attacks on the Liberal bias perceived by the right. Stock#37454. Vg/ paper.

Morrow, NY [1989]. 'First U. S. Edition'. Hard Cover. 254 p., index, photos. "...the definitive study of a self-destructive molehunt that threatened to paralyze the free world's counterespionage capability and wreck forever the exchange of Anglo-American secrets." Dj; VG. Stock#22218.