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Confrontation: the Middle-East War and World Politics
[Buy it!] | Laqueur, Walter | USD 59.37
(Sun May 12 22:41:00 2024) | Alibris | Burwood Books via Alibris | London Abacus 1974 First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp.245. ISBN: 0704500965. Loosely inserted good signed hand-written note from the author to Victor Ross 'as for the reviews-I have no illusions-' also mentioning his disregard for Faulkner and the Bloomsbury Group. Original publisher's binding in black with bold gilt lettering at spine. Dust jacket design in black & white on glossy red red. / From the library of Victor Ross (1919-2021) an Austrian Jewish refugee from Nazi occupation who became Chairman of Reader's Digest, Europe, and an author. He conceived and led the 'Thank You Britain' fund in the 1960s, raising £96, 000 (well over £1 million in today's terms) within the Jewish refugee community from central Europe, for a scholarship fund and series of annual lectures at the British Academy. / Walter Ze'ev Laqueur (1921&endash; 2018) was a German-born American historian, journalist and political commentator. He was an influential scholar on the subjects of terrorism and political violence Very good in very good dust jacket. Decent copy. |
