The violent peace / Carl Mydans & Shelley Mydans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mydans, Carl.

Mydans, Shelley Smith, author.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Mydans, Shelley Smith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--1945-1989.

History, Modern.

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Graves, Ralph, 1924-2013 (bookplate) (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Mydans, Carl (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Mydans, Shelley Smith (inscription) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

x, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum, 1968.

Contents:

The rites of peace

What is war?

Civil war in China (1945-1949) Eyewitness accounts by Robert Doyle and Carl Mydans

Indo-China: the fight for a lost empire (1945-1954) Eyewitness accounts by Carl Mydans and John Mecklin

Greece: a classic insurrection (1946-1949) Eyewitness accounts by H.G. Kippax

The partition of India (1947-1949) Eyewitness accounts by David Douglas Duncan

The struggle for Palestine (1948- ) Eyewitness accounts by Eric Gibbs and Donald Burke

Malaya: the long emergency (1948-1960) Eyewitness accounts by Roy Rowan

Police action in Korea (1950-1953) Eyewitness accounts by Carl Mydans, James Bell, Frank Gibney and Roy Rowan

Quemoy-Matsu: the siege (1954-1958) Eyewitness accounts by James Bell

The Algerian problem (1954-1962) Eyewitness accounts by John Phillips, Curtis Prendergast, Gordon Ackerman and James Wilde

Revolt in Hungary (1956) Eyewitness accounts by Tamas Aczel and John Sadovy

The Suez-Sinai campaign (1956) Eyewitness accounts by George de Carvalho, Frank White and Mohamed Wagdi Yemen: the battle for South Arabia (1962- ) Eyewitness accounts by George de Carvalho and Jordan Bonfante

Cyprus: "The trouble" (1963

) Eyewitness accounts by Rudolph Chelminski, Timothy Green and George de Carvalho

Revolution in Cuba (1958-1959) Eyewitness accounts by Sam Halper and Andrew St. George

La violencia in Colombia (1948

) Eyewitness accounts by Thomas Dozier and Philip Payne

Terror in Venezuela (1961-1963

The Dominican upheaval (1965) Eyewitness accounts by Mo Garcia

Chaos in the Congo (1960-1965) Eyewitness accounts by Lee Griggs, Eric Robin and Jonathan Randal

Angola: "The forgotten war" (1961) Eyewitness accounts by James Burke

India: the border conflicts (1962-1965) Eyewitness accounts by Charles Elliott, William Rademaekers and Jerrold Schecter

Indonesia runs amok (1965-1966) Eyewitness accounts by Dan Coggin and Donald Moser

Philippines: the Hukbalahap (1966

) Eyewitness accounts by Arthur Zich

Laos: the beleaguered neutral (1954

) Eyewitness accounts by Pamela Sanders and Loren Fessler

Vietnam: the continuing war (1959

) Eyewitness accounts by Akihiko Okamura, James Wilde, Michael Mok, Robert Sherrod and Robin Mannock

Arabs vs Israel: the third round (1967

) Eyewitness accounts by Michael Mok, George de Carvalho and Theodore H. White

What is peace?

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has bookplate "Ex Libris Ralph Graves" on front flyleaf.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy inscribed "To Ralph: In gratitude for your continued faith -- with warm Regards Carl and Shelley April 1968"

Other Format:

Online version: Mydans, Carl. Violent peace.

OCLC:

364810