Search Results: Vietnam from Conover Books

New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, spine is creased (as well as the front and rear of the wrapper) and slightly rolled, pages are toning, shelf worn, light stain on the outer page edges, overall a nice readable used first Ballantine Books paperback edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Black and white illustrated wrapper with red and white lettering. 340 historical pages! Extremely scarce! "When David Halberstam ---- a young but already battle-seasoned correspondent for The New York Times ---- arrived in Vietnam in the fall of 1962, he found the place to be a reporter's dream. It had everything: a war, a highly dramatic and emotional story, great food, a beautiful setting, and lovely women. Yet he quickly discovered that the conflict he'd been sent to cover had already become an endless, relentless war to which ordinary military rules didn't apply............". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. 12mo - over… Read More

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1974. ex-library with the usual library markings, hint of edge and corner wear, a very very clean ex-library! dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 608 very fine historic pages!. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr, 1996. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, overall a clean signed first edition! Inscribed and dated by the author on the ffep: "For Kim - With deepest respect and admiration Nora 2/1/97". Gray cloth with red lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 225 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "The escalation of the war in Vietnam in mid-1960s unleashed world wide protest. Playwrights grappled with the complexities of post-imperialist politics and the problems of creating effective political theatre, and for much of their audience the war was chiefly an event on the evening news. The ephemeral theatre these writers created, today little-known and rarely studied, provides an important window on a complex moment in culture and history. In Part One, Alter discusses American examples of the… Read More

Sydney, Australia: Halstead Press Pty. Ltd. Minor edge and corner wear, front hinge is cracked, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used first edition! Green cloth with gilt lettering on the front board. 256 historical pages wonderfully and prolificly illustrated with historic black and white photographs! "'The war in Vietnam has many faces. There is the face of armed conflict ---- of terror and gunfire ---- of bomb-heavy planes and campaign-weary soldiers.'The second face of war in Vietnam is the quest for a political solution ---- the face of diplomacy and politics ---- of the ambitions and the interests of other nations.'The third face of war in Vietnam is, at once, the most tragic and most hopeful. It is the face of human need.It is the most important battle of all in which we are engaged.' So said President Johnson in an address to the American people, which was relayed to Europe by the… Read More