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Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop--Guardians of the American Century
by Merry, Robert W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- fair, good
- ISBN 10
- 0670838683
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838684
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. fair, good. 644, illus., notes, bibliography, index, weakness to front board, rear board reinforced with glue, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. Some edge soiling. In 1948 the column-writing Alsop brothers produced an article entitled "Must America Save the World? " for the Saturday Evening Post, then the country's preeminent weekly magazine. Their answer was a resounding yes. Indeed, Joseph and Stewart Alsop were there in those heady postwar years when the country's foreign-policy elite created what became known as the American Century. As men of words, they served as confidants of and cheerleaders for the men of deeds.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43795
- Title
- Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop--Guardians of the American Century
- Author
- Merry, Robert W
- Book Condition
- Used - fair, good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0670838683
- ISBN 13
- 9780670838684
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Cold War, Stewart Alsop, Dwight Eisenhower, Cuban Missile, Katharine Graham, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Alsop
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.