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Arms Control: Do YOU Understand?
Edited by Louis Henkin, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a former consultant to the U.S. government on arms control and other problems in American foreign affairs, ARMS CONTROL: ISSUES FOR THE PUBLIC was written for citizens who regarded the topic as ‘too technical’ an issue to understand.
Yet, Henkin and others associated with the book worked with The American Assembly at Columbia University to make that knowledge available to citizens.
Experts here explain the role of arms control in the operation of foreign policy; how it relates to our military security; the problems of inspection; the rasons for the lack of progress so far; and the prospects for the future. Attitudes and interests of our European allies are considered, with all the ‘technical’ questions translated into language that the layperson can understand.
The 207-page hardbound book was published in 1961 by Prentice-Hall, New York. It is in Very Good condition, although ex lib with the usual library markings. The dust jacket is present and protected with a library-applied Mylar cover. (5549/25)
ISBN: LOC 61-14148
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Facing the Brink – Crisis Diplomacy
An intimate study of crisis diplomacy with a special emphasis on the Kennedy and Johnson years, Facing the Brink provides an interesting examination of the men and methods guiding post-1945 U.S. foreign policy, with descriptions of five major international crises –- Cyprus, Yemen, Viet Nam, the Soviet Union’s involvement in Cuba, and President DeGaulle’s actions with France’s withdrawal from NATO.
The 248-page hardbound book was written by Edward Weintal and Charles Bartlett and published in 1967 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. The authors discuss both the personalities and the institutions that have shaped foreign policy, giving an intimate view of White House functions in world affairs and of the way four U.S. presidents made their decisions. Several startling revelations are included on Johnson’s Texas style diplomacy; the chapter on the Secretary of State provides a sharp evaluation and portrait of Dean Rusk.
According to the publisher, the book has no heroes and no villains – it’s calm in tone and often wryly entertaining. The authors contend that the essentials in a foreign policy – imagination, long-range planning, and formal machinery – have been pushed aside under one crisis after another – to be supplanted by brinkmanship. It’s an absorbing, relevant book – and leaves a valuable record of a turbulent time of our history.
Condition of the book is Very Good, although it is ex lib with the normal library markings. Neither the covers nor inside pages show apparent defects; the dust jacket is present and protected with a clear cover. (4147)
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American Foreign Policy History to 1927
Johns Hopkins professor John Holladay Latane wrote the highly detailed A HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, which was published in 1927 by Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City NY.
Beginning with the country’s first foreign alliance, with the French during the Revolutionary War, the author traces history through sections that include Republican Principles and Ideals; Defiance of the Old World; Bounding Out Borders and Looking Over Seas; Safeguarding the Union; Expansion in Caribbean and Pacific; and Intervention in Europe. The book is very detailed and provides interesting reading in this specialized area of history.
The 725-page hardbound book is in Very Good condition, although it is ex lib with the usual library markings. Inside pages show no apparent defects. (5701)
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U.S., U.K., Norway Economic Policy, 1940s
A joint product of nine authors, the three volumes which make up ECONOMIC POLICY IN OUR TIME are designed for use as a systematic analysis of an important field of economics, as well as a reference work for the politician on particular aspects of economic policy – or as a textbook for teaching these lessons. This is ‘Vol. II: Country Studies,’ covering the economic policies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway from 1945 to 1961. Authors in Volume II include O. Eckstein, U.S.; F. Blackaby, U. K.; and J. Faaland, Norway.
While the first volume deals with the general theory of economic policy, analysis of the post-war experience of developed countries produced classifications suitable for any developed capitalist or mixed economy country. There are lists and definitions of the objectives pursued and the numerous instruments of economic policy actually used from 1949 to 1961.
The authors then attempted to go more deeply into the process whereby decisions are made: discussing who the policy-makers were, the conflicts and choices in the selection of objectives and instruments, and the time lags between the stages through which economic
policy measures had to pass.
Having completed this methodological work, the authors used the resulting classifications to compare and contrast the economic policies followed in the various countries with respect to inflation, recession, expansion and income distribution; and to analyze the economic policies pursued in the framework of the institutions for economic cooperation and European integration. Volume III covers economic progress since 1945 of The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy.
The 224-page hardbound book was published in 1964 by North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam. It is in Very Good condition, although ex lib with the usual library markings. The dust jacket has some minor edge/corner wear. No other defects are apparent. (5890/r22)
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Foreign Aid: Folly or Investment?
Both inside and outside the Congress, the question of foreign aid has become increasingly controversial. Why, many laypeople wonder, should the United States be a world philanthropic organization? To what extent do foreign countries deserve aid? What return, if any, does the United States receive for its huge expenditures?
In FOREIGN AID AND FOREIGN POLICY, Herbert Feis, Pulitzer Prize-winning economist-historian, surveyed the whole area of foreign aid and related it to the major issue of United States foreign policy. Foreign aid was not an isolated issue; it was an integral part of America's plan to strengthen the needy and to reinforce democratic principles, assailed as they were by the onslaught of Communism.
Dollars, as such, were not the prime constituent of foreign aid. Cash can be, and sometimes is, wasted by an irresponsible government to the detriment of its people. New techniques, essential equipment, expert advisers are of paramount importance, yet they can generate grave hazards and chaos. New industry may draw labor from rural areas to urban centers, creating slums and a decrease in needed food production. A new prosperity can induce apathy and an easy acceptance of good fortune. Novel ideas and reforms may appear to slight national pride, tradition and culture. National politics may reflect an influence that evokes obstinacy and resentment.
Feis examined the dangers and the benefits as well as the obstacles to successful achievement, inviting the reader to draw his own conclusions. It is the citizen who is providing aid; it is for the citizen, after studying the facts, to determine whether foreign aid is a folly or a sound investment.
Here, for everyone, is an insight into the complexity and magnitude of the task assumed by the United States and its value in terms of world peace and advantage to democracy.
The 246-page hardbound book was published in 1964 by St. Martin’s Press, New York. Condition is Very Good, although the book is ex lib with the usual library markings. The dust jacket is present – and protected with a mylar covering. Both the covers and inside pages are without apparent defects. (5954)
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WMD Inspections 1958 Déjà vu?
Perhaps more relevant today than ever before, the information in INSPECTION FOR DISARMAMENT concludes that workable systems of inspection can be designed to insure compliance with international disarmament agreements. These inspections range from detecting bomb or missile testing to the wider objective of halting the production of all weapons of mass destruction.
Contributors to the book (including specialists from the U.S. and other countries) discuss such matters as aerial inspection, review of budgets, detection of nuclear weapon tests, radiation hazards, control of fissionable materials production, control over production of missiles, biological warfare, techniques of clandestine production, inspection by sampling and the psychological aspects of evasion.
Edited by Columbia Professor Seymour Melman, the 291-page hardbound book was published in 1958 by the Columbia University Press, New York. It’s in Very Good condition, although ex lib with the usual library markings. The dust jacket is present and protected with a library-applied Mylar cover. (5545/25r)
ISBN: LOC 58-12655
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US Security Policy, Soviet Military Thinking
Understanding Soviet thinking on deterrence and the prevention of war from 1945 is critical to any analysis of the ‘new thinking’ that marked the Gorbachev era and shaped the post-cold-war years.
In his DETERRENCE AND THE REVOLUTION IN SOVIET MILITARY DOCTRINE, Soviet expert Raymond L. Garthoff made use of unique material -- including a complete file of the confidential Soviet General Staff journal -- to illuminate the development of Soviet military thinking, explaining that the Soviets regarded nuclear deterrence as only a necessary interim safeguard, not a solution to the quest for security.
The Soviet approach emphasized war prevention and security -- the political essence of deterrence -- whereas the U.S. approach stressed deterrence itself as the central strategic factor and insisted on technical military criteria for measuring deterrence. Garthoff's analysis integrates the political and military strands of Soviet national security policy, including military programs and arms control.
After assessing the differences in Soviet and American thinking, Garthoff examines the implications of the ‘remarkable recasting of the Soviet concept of security’ for U.S. policy. The United States has moved toward a different relationship with the Soviet Union, which also did much to define its role with the NATO and Warsaw Pact alliances.
The 209-page hardbound book was published in this apparent First Edition in 1990 by the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. It is in Very Good condition, although ex lib with the usual library markings. The dust jacket has some minor edge/corner wear. No other defects are apparent. (5899/r14)
ISBN: 081573056x
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Tariff Reform - 1892 Election Issue
William M. Springer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois, is author of
Tariff Reform - The Paramount Issue.
1892, New York: Charles L. Webster
420 pgs. Several portraits. Ex Lib.
The author's speeches and writings on the questions involved in the Presidential Contest of 1892. Foreign trade; Tariffs; Election 1892
Good-, with loose pages & some edges worn inside pages; covers scuffed, edges/corners worn.
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Strategy & Arms Control
Written by Thomas C. Schelling and Morton H. Halperin, Strategy & Arms Control was published in 1961, by the 20th Century Fund, New York.
148 pgs. Ex Lib. DJ w/protective cover.
Identifying the meaning of arms control in the era of modern weapons. With material on political-military interrelations, the arms budget & the economy, and the incentive for premeditated attack. Nuclear War; Arms Control; Peace
Very Good, with Front hinge loose; DJ ends glued to inside covers. (3904/r1)
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Foreign Aid & Foreign Policy
Foreign aid has long been recognized as a significant instrument of foreign policy as a contribution to a more secure and peaceful world. In this short examination of how foreign aid and foreign policy interact, based on the Elihu Root Lectures delivered at the Council on Foreign Relations in 1963, Esward S. Mason reviews the principles and practices of the U.S. foreign aid program. He analyzes what aid is, what kind of instrument it is, and what manner of policy it is designed to serve.
The 118-page hardbound book is titled
Foreign Aid & Foreign Policy and was published in this 1964 FIRST EDITION by Harper & Row, New York.
The book is in Very Good condition, with no apparent wear on either the covers or inside pages, although it is ex lib with the usual library markings. The dust jacket is present and protected with a clear cover. Its ends are glued inside the covers. (4550/r10)
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