Vietnam from JB Books

Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition. A fascinating history of the development and usage spread of the Soviet Avtomat-Kalashnikov AK-47 infantry assault rifle - based upon the Nazi German 'Sturmgewehr' of World War Two and the world's first assault rifle - and then improved upon by… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A critical study of the many American liberals and leftists of the 1960s and the preceding and superceding periods who admired world communism, flocked idealistically to Cuba, adored Mao Tse-Tung, and hated American involvement in Vietnam to stop communism's spread, discussing their personal… Read more about this item

Belmont: Western Islands, 1971. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition. An interesting, critical biography of US President Richard Nixon from a conservative point of view, the author citing facts and information to demonstrate that Nixon was far more liberal than is usually assumed, and that many of his policies were often in… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A critical study of the many American liberals and leftists of the 1960s and the preceding and superceding periods who admired world communism, flocked idealistically to Cuba, adored Mao Tse-Tung, and hated American involvement in Vietnam to stop communism's spread, discussing their personal… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A close look at what has become of so many of America's Vietnam veterans, many having become alcoholics and drug addicts, traumatized in various ways, many being homeless, and with other problems, how government, the military, and society handles or ignores… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A collection of the letters sent home from the American men and women serving in war zones around the world, drawn from the Civil War through to the conflicts in the Balkans and Somalia of the 1990s, reflecting hope, despair, pride, joy, agony, much more,… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The interesting true story of the clashing life courses taken by three different women from the turbulent 1960s - seemingly alike at first but soon diverging, one becoming successful in the New York art world, another an ex-radical turned mainstream,… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Fifth Printing. An indictment of 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry's fitness for the Oval Office, describing and revealing his mistakes and less than glamorous experience during the Vietnam war, filing false reports, self-inflicted wounds, reckless behavior, his secret meetings with communists during the war, his postwar anti-war activism as a leader… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1965. Book. Very Good-. Magazine. First Edition.. This issue: Wales land of bards, moths that behave like hummingbirds, Alaska's marine highway, the living sand, Saigon eye of the storm, more. The world-famous magazine devoted to geographicical exploration and adventure, studying places, peoples, cultures, wildlife, flora and fauna around the world. Softcover, contains illustrations, maps, period… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Books By U.S. News and World Report, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition. An artifact from the turbulent American 1960s, an all-encompassing look at the history of US left radicalism of the period, surveying the various organizations and their members, their activities and protest actions, much more, affirming… Read more about this item

New York: Methuen, 1980. Ex-Library. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A psychological true journey into the lives and minds of two families - one American and one Vietnamese - both traumatized by the Vietnam War and whose lives intersected in America in a new round of horrific violence. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains… Read more about this item

New York: Salamander Books : Smithmark Publishers, 1996. Book. Near New. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A scholarly history of America's involvement in Vietnam, detailing unit deployments and actions, the political moves on both sides, strategy and tactics, technologies developed and used, much more. Has both a detailed listing of key individuals in the conflict along… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1974. Book. Very Good+. Magazine. First Edition.. This issue: Gold, New Jersey's pine barrens, the Hmong of Laos, Newfoundland, Heron, passing comets, more. The world-famous magazine devoted to geographicical exploration and adventure, studying places, peoples, cultures, wildlife, flora and fauna around the world. Softcover, 150pp., contains photos, maps, period advertisements. Size: 4to - over 9¾"… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The true story of a heroic Marine veteran of Vietnam who was captured and imprisoned by the communists for fourteen years, finally escaping in 1979 and returning to the United States, where he was hastily court-martialed as a… Read more about this item

New York: Times Books, 1987. Book. Near New. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The story of the American 1960s generation and its 'passage' to a promising middle life, from the times of rebellion to the present realities - most still clinging to the values, fads, notions, ideals, and philosophies of the past; contains notes,… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1966. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The popular entertainer's account of his various travels to Vietnam during the conflict there, the humorous text about his shows and fellow performers - including numerous very lovely ladies - and the troops he visited, accompanied by many photos… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. Biography of the famous pediatrician whose ideas and advice came to dominate discourse on the raising of children in the mid- to late 20th century, particularly in America, this bio revealing much of the dysfunctionality in Spock's own personal family life, his preoccupation with his high-profile protesting… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A critical study of the many American liberals and leftists of the 1960s and the preceding and superceding periods who admired world communism, flocked idealistically to Cuba, adored Mao Tse-Tung, and hated American involvement in Vietnam to stop communism's spread, discussing their personal… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A massive collection of interview material from about one hundred twenty foreign statesmen, close friends, associates, or intimate underlings to American President John F. Kennedy, describing his work habits, the way he reached decisions, the various crises dealt with, his family, the… Read more about this item

New York: Guild Books, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition. The interesting biography of Father Dan Lyons and his prominent international role as a journalist and campaigner on behalf of people and freedom, describing his many trips to Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia, his published work on the crises and conflicts there,… Read more about this item