In this book, the distinguished historian Carl Schorske - author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Fin-de-Siecle Vienna" - draws together a series of essays that reveal the changing place of history in nineteenth-and twentieth-century cultures. In most intellectual and artistic fields, Schorske argues, twentieth-century Europeans and Americans have ...
A century ago, Vienna and Budapest were the capital cities of the western and eastern halves of the increasingly unstable Austro-Hungarian empire and scenes of intense cultural activity. Vienna was home to such figues as Sigmund Freud, Gustav Klimt, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Budapest produced such luminaries as Bela Bartok, Georg Lukacs, and ...
Recognized by historians and politicians as a model for European unity, Switzerland is nonetheless a difficult country to understand as a whole. Whereas individual Swiss cities have strong identities in the international political, cultural and economic arenas, the country itself seems to be less than the sum of its parts. To capture the elusive ...
No political parties of present-day Germany are separated by a wider gulf than the two parties of labor, one democratic and reformist, the other totalitarian and socialist-revolutionary. Social Democrats and Communists today face each other as bitter political enemies across the front lines of the cold war; yet they share a common origin in the ...
by
[Vietnam: History]. (Schlesinger, Arthur). Schurmann, Franz. (Schlesinger, Arthur). (Scott, Peter Dale). (Schorske, Carl E.).
other copies of this book
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1966
Description: A fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket; jacket has one-inch creased tear on rear panel, else quite fresh and bright. [VIETNAM: HISTORY]. (SCHLESINGER, Arthur). THE POLITICS OF ESCALATION IN VIETNAM by Franz Schurmann, Peter Dale Scott, Reginald Zelnik. Foreword by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Summary and Conclusions by Carl E. Schorske. Octavo, paper-covered boards, cloth spine, 160 pages. An early discussion of America's policy in Vietnam. read more
Description: 8°. 23 pages. Offprint from "The Diplomats-1919-1939-by Gordon A. Craig and Felix Gilbert". Inscribed by Carl Schorske to Peter Viereck. read more
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
