sheldon stern (184 résultats)

Softcover. Etat : Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Edition 2005. Livre reconditionné de bibliothèque. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Edition 2005. Refurbished library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Etat : Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Etat : good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.86.

OPpbd. Stanford, Univ. Press, 2005. 8vo. 238 S. OPpbd. (Stanford nuclear age series. Ed. by Martin Sherwin) (St.a.Vorsatz).

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. First Edition. Book does not appear to have been read, 459 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Etat : New. pp. 235.

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine octavo 238pp., bibliog., index, Author is an historian at the John F. Kennedy Library.

Octavo, black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xxx, 459 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Cuban missile crisis was the most dangerous confrontation of the Cold War and the most perilous moment in human history. Sheldon M. Stern, longtime historian at the John F. Kennedy Library, here presents a comprehensive narrative account of the secret ExComm meetings, making the inside story of the missile crisis completely understandable to general readers for the first time. The author's narrative version of these discussions is entirely new; it provides readers with a running commentary on the issues and options discussed and enables them, as never before, to follow specific themes and the role of individual participants. The narrative highlights key moments of stress, doubt, decision, and resolution -- and even humor -- and makes the meetings comprehensible both to readers who lived through the crisis and to those too young to remember the Cold War. Stern argues that President Kennedy and his administration bore some of the responsibility for the crisis because of covert operations in Cuba, including efforts to kill Fidel Castro. Yet he demonstrates that JFK, through a seasoned Cold Warrior in public, was deeply suspicious of military solutions to political problems and appalled by the prospect of nuclear war. The President consistently steered policy makers away from an apocalyptic nuclear conflict, measuring each move and countermove with an eye toward averting what he called, with stark eloquence, "the final failure." Previously published transcripts of the secret ExComm meetings are often dense and impenetrable for everyone but the specialist. They also reflect the flaws in the tapes themselves, such as rambling, repetitive exchanges, overlapping conversations, and frustrating background noises. This narrative, on the contrary, concentrates on the essentials and eliminates these peripherals. As Robert Dallek notes in his Foreword, Stern's work "will become the starting point for all future work on President Kennedy's response to the Soviet challenge in Cuba." Presidential Biography, JFK, American Biography, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, American History, U. S. History, U.S.-iana, Americana, Military History, Political Science.

Gebunden. Etat : New. This book completely transforms our understanding of the actual roles that each of the principal EXCOMM members played in the decision making process that led to a peaceful resolution of the Cuban missile crisis.&Uumlber den AutorrnrnSheldo.

Etat : Very Good.

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. Illustrated by Lee, Robert J.; Varady, Fredric; Fleischmann, Glen;Sarnoff, Arthur; Darby, Eileen; Reilly, Frank; Darling, Gilbert; Sugarman,Tracy (illustrateur). First Edition. 74 pages Features: New Rebel Yell in Dixie - the roll of those who battle the South's determined opponents of progress; U.N. Is Doing a Job - author argues the U.N. isn't worthless; Democracy Can't Live in These Houses - the nation's slum problem - article with photos; Tales of Hoffman - play and movie critic - Irving Hoffman; Around the Young World; Indestructible Shortstop - Luke Appling; Culture-Crazy Colorado. Fiction: With Love and Best Wishes; The Iron Butterfly (part 2 of 4); Queen Size; Counterblow; Two Across; The Execution. Nice ads for these products: 'Jeep" Station Wagon; International Trucks; Studebaker Trucks - very colorful full-page ad showing 10 models; Chesterfield cigarettes - nice colour photos of Anne Baxter and Sam McLawhorn of Grifton, H.C. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, July 9, 1949 New Rebel Yell in Dixie - the roll of those who battle the South's determined opponents of progress; U.N. Is Doing a Job - author argues the U.N. isn't worthless; Democracy Can't Live in These Houses.