Search Results: Politics from The Owl at the Bridge

"In this compact and evenhanded narrative analysis, Lewis Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the way Americans felt about politics and their leader." The war in Vietnam and racial issues brought Richard Nixon to the presidency. Includes "Recommended reading" (pages [170]-172). 178 pages; 21 cm. Stock# NEU418x.

New York, Bantam Books [1959, reprinted 1978]. Soft Cover. 3 p.l., 438 p. 18 cm.The classic political novel on the corruption of souls. PA. Stock# 37,118. Vg, seems unread/ paper.

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press [1970]. Soft Cover. ix, 434 p.; 23 cm. Eight essays in 3 sections: Introduction: Reappraisal of American policy by Robert E. Osgood; Pt. 1. The Principals: The American outlook by Robert W. Tucker --The Soviet outlook by Herbert S. Dinerstein --pt. 2. The conditions: The domestic scene by Francis E. Rourke --The military issues by Robert E. Osgood --The economic constraints by Isaiah Frank --pt. 3. The arenas: Europe by Laurence W. Martin --The Third World by George Liska. ISBN(10) 0801811031. Stock#NEU195. Good+, used soft cover.

Princeton University Press, 1971. Hard Cover. xii, 356 p., map; 25 cm. "Proposes that the forming of parties at the grass-roots had little to do with issues of political economy, but rather with value conflicts among competing ethnocultural and religious groups." ISBN (10): 0691046050. vg / dj good+, a few minor tears; copy 2 inscibed by the author to his brother, front flylesaf stained, dj good+/. Stock#46916x.

Two bookseller catalogues offering materials on economics and related subjects. Rubin 37, 575 items; Dawson 266, 180 items; both stapled in paper covers; both Good+. Sold as a lot. Stock#ofc0320.

[Chicago] University of Chicago Press [1968]. Soft Cover. xiv, 447 p., 22.5 cm. China's heritage and the communist political system Contains papers presented at two five-day conferences held at the University of Chicago, Center for Policy Study, Feb. 1967. Stock# 44,779. Vg/ soft cover.

Boston, Little, Brown / Atlantic Monthly Press, ©1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. xiii, 234 p.; 22 cm. A global survey of United States foreign policy with a strong emphasis on the danger of the Soviet Union. ISBN(10): 0316488445. Stock#NEU311. Former library reserve book with tatty, taped dust jacket but very few library signs, no stamps, no markings.

NY, Columbia University Press, 1979. Hard Cover. xi, 170 p.; 24 cm. Contents: The inherited foreign policy crisis --The insufficiency of military containment --Avoiding humiliation in Indochina --The Middle East and the reassertion of American competence abroad --The anachronism of conservative realpolitik --The Kissinger contribution. ISBN: (10) 0231042647. Stock#NEU189. Good+, some red ink marginal notes

Beacon Press, Boston [c1970]. BP 362. A Seventies Press Book. Soft Cover. 105, [1] p.; 20 cm. "clearly a collection of political poems" with introduction by Robert Bly, Leaping Up Into Political Poetry. ISBN 0807064238. Paper; minor wear to covers; VG. stock#46344.

Washington, DC., Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 2007. Periodical. 172 p., 25.5 cm. Theme: Mega Cities: Crime, Poverty, Governance, Culture, Enviornment. Stock# 43,778. Vg (some ink notes on cover),

Holt, Rinehart & Winston. "Second Printing, August, 1974". Soft Cover. 128 p. of 4-panel cartoons, 20 cm. Not necessarily out of date. "Skipper, when you were locked up all those years, what was it you missed the most?" "...more than anything else what I wanted most was an absentee ballot!" "What?" "Democracy, fellahs, I missed democracy!" "Hey, so did we!" Pictorial paper covers; worn, edge stained; good. 37701.

London, Verso, c1984. Translation by Ann Wright of Me llamo Rigoberta Menchù y así me nació la conciencia. Rigoberta Menchù tells of growing up a peasant in Guatemala and of her struggle for social justice. Soft Cover. xxi, 251, [1] pages; 21 cm. Long gift inscription on title-page, else Very Good. Stock#36539 (s-b).

London, Panther, 1979 . Soft Cover. 189 p., index, 18cm. The introduction by Graham Greene is as full of Soviet misinformation as Philby's text. Originally published: London, MacGibbon and Kee, 1968. PA. Stock# 37,121. Vg/ paper.

Like Machiavelli, Morris uses recent political history to develop generalized theories. One proposal is to take an opponent's strong point and adapt it to one's advantage, so a billionaire intending to enrich the rich should run as the poor man's friend. The dust jacket includes an endorsement by Donald Trump, "financier and real-estate developer." xvii, [6], 252 pages, 23.5 cm. Stock#48163x.

"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.

London, Pan, [c1984]. Soft Cover. 1 atlas (159 ? p.) : col. illus., col. maps ; 24.5 cm. . "A Pluto project." Maps used a graphs to illustrate a variety of political, economic and social problems throughout the world of 1984. Stock# 43,634. Vg/ paper.

New York, Oxford University Press, [1968 c1955]. Soft Cover. xx, 538 p. 20 cm. Better titled the Prussian officer corps and its deadly influence on German politics and foreign policy. A warning of what happens when the military professionals control the state. Bibliography: p. [505]-523. Stock# 43,302. Good, pencil underlining in introduction and last chapter, paper damage at p.381/382 with slight loss of text. / soft cover.

NY, Touchstone/ Simon & Schuster [1985]. . Soft Cover. 489 p.; 23.5 cm. "Chronicles the way the world responded to caalamitous famine in cambodia after the fall of the Pol Pot regime in 1979." Stock# 31,740. Vg/ paper.

Boston, Little, Brown, c1984.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 107 p. ; 22 cm. First trade edition. "First published in a privately printed edition in September 1983." Stock# 40,328x. Vg/ dj vg. Another copy. Vg/ no dj.

NY, Oxford UP, 1983. China from 1600 to the Cultural Revolution. This third edition expands information on events of the 1960s and 70s. Hard Cover. xxxiii, 934 pages, photos; 24 cm. Highlighting; dj vg. Stock# 29789.