Casey hampton (26 risultati)
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (RANDOM HOUSE)
Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke [Foreword]; Casey Hampton [Designer];
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Da: Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, U.S.A.Your Online Bookstore
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
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Da: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
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Da: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condizione: Good. Good condition. 3rd edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
Nols Soft Paths: How to Enjoy the Wilderness Without Harming It
Bruce Hampton; David Cole; National Outdoor Leadership School (U. S.)
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Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke [Foreword]; Casey Hampton [Designer];
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Da: OceanwaveBooks, Newbury Park, CA, U.S.A.OceanwaveBooks
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Paperback. Condizione: Used: Good. Good Condition. May have shelf wear. Email Notification. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Da: Worldbridge Books, Reston, VA, U.S.A.Worldbridge Books
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Paperback. Condizione: Very good-. Pages clean and unmarked, some shelfwear to front cover. | For six months in 1919, after the end of âthe war to end all wars,â the Big Threeâ"President Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceauâ"met in Paris to shape a lasting peace. In thi…s landmark work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view of those fateful days, which saw new political entitiesâ"Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among themâ"born out of the ruins of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn. 585 6.06,"unit":"INCHES"},{"value":1.28,"unit":"INCHES"},{"value":9.18,"unit":"INCHES"}].
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Da: AVON HILL BOOKS, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.AVON HILL BOOKS
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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 624 pp.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Random House/An Imprint of The Random House Publishing Group/A Division of Random House, Inc., New York, 2006
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Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
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Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. 1st Edition. 116 pp. Stated second printing of the first edition! An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Steve Brodner (…Jacket Illustration); Casey Hampton (Book Design) (illustratore).
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Bantam Books, New York, 2000
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Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 354 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Pen marking on bottom edge. Tom Hallman (Cover Illustration); Casey Hampton (Design) (illustratore).
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Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
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Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Jove Edition: May 1997. 467 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased spine. Pen marks on back cover. Casey Hampton (Book Design) (illustratore).
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Random House Trade Paperbacks/ A Division of Random House, Inc., New York & London, 2003
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Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
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Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 315 pp. Nearly flawless copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Krista Vossen (Cover Design); Casey Hampton (Book Design); Bobo Fuller at Age Two (Cover Photo); Charlie Ross (Photo) (illustratore).
NOLS Soft Paths: How to Enjoy the Wilderness Without Harming It
Bruce Hampton; David Cole; National Outdoor Leadership School (U. S.)
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Da: Aquatic Technologies, POLSON, MT, U.S.A.Aquatic Technologies
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Soft cover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. How to live comfortably in the wilderness without hurting the environment. NOLS is the leading outdoor training organization in the US. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
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Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
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Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Berkley Edition: June 1997. 320 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear and clean text. Creased spine. Top right corner of front cover is creased. Bottom left corner is torn. Light foxing on page edges. Joe Bates (Author Photo); E. Nagele/FPG International (Cover Photo); C…asey Hampton (Text Design) (illustratore).
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Bantam Spectra, 1999, 1999
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Da: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch
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Soft cover. Condizione: New. Royal octavo, softcover, fine in blue and gold pictorial wraps. . 604 pages. "An Exciting Prequel to the Novel That Made Science Fiction History", "Dune" chronicles became an enduring classic and the most popular science fiction series of all time. Working from recently discovered files left by his f…ather, Brian Herbert and best-selling novelist Kevin J. Anderson bring us House Atreides, the prequel, which captures all the complexity and grand themes of the original work while weaving a new tapestry of great passion and momentous destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than thirty years ago. This is a softcover, but the isbn is also for hardcover. Casey Hampton, David Cain (illustratore).
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Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks
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Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 483 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Crease back cover. GTC Art & Design (Cover Design); Casey Hampton (Book Design) (illustratore).
Altre immaginiLingua: Inglese
Editore: Random House, New York, 2009
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Da: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition ruby red boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Tracy Kidder; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Poem by William…Wordsworth; Author's Note; Introduction: Burundi, June 2006; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Some Historical Notes; Sources and About the Author. "A young man arrives in the big city with two hundred dollars in his pocket, no English at all, and memories of horror so fresh that he sometimes confuses past and present. When Deo first told me about his beginnings in New York, I had a simple thought: "I would not have survived." And then, two years later, he enrolls in an Ivy League university. How did this happen? Where did he find the strength, and how had he won the beneficence of strangers? How had it felt to be him?" - from Strength in What Remains, from the rear outer jacket. "Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, and the enduring classic Mountains Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun as the "master of the non-fiction narrative." In this new book, Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our time. Strength in What Remains is a wonderfully written, inspiring account of one man's remarkable American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him - a brilliant testament to the power of will and of second chances. Deo arrives in the United States from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived civil war and genocide, plagued by horrific dreams, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this unforgettable story as he travels with Deo back over a turbulent life and in search of meaning and forgiveness. An extraordinary writer, Tracy Kidder once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope." - from the inner front jacket flap. "The reporting is impeccable, but it's Kidder's great feat of sympathetic imagination that dazzles. Walk a mile in Deo's shoes; your world will be larger and darker for it." - William FInnegan, author. "Strength in What Remains is a tour de force. Inspiring. Moving. Gripping. Deo's story is remarkable - stunning, really. His journey is the story of our times, one that keeps the rest of us from forgetting. This book will stir the conscience and reaffirm your faith in the human spirit." - Alex Kotlowitz, author. Hampton, Casey (book design); Stvan, Thomas Beck (jacket design) (illustratore).
Altre immaginiLingua: Inglese
Editore: Random House, New York, 2009
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- Prima edizione
Da: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards, black spine, and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quotes; Main Characters; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Mili…tary Terms and About the Author. Illustrated with a preliminary page map. "Donovan Campbell, first as a Marine and then as a writer, shows us that the dominant emotion in war isn't hatred or anger or fear. It's love. His story stands as a poignant tribute to his men - their courage, their dedication, their skill, and their love for one another, even unto death. This is a deeply moving book." - Nathaniel Fick, author. "Joker One is the real goods, the classic military story: one platoon leader, the men of his platoon, and the impossibility and urgency of the assignment. The book will sharply take its place in ranks beside Black Hawk Down and Jarhead. If you want to know what American fighting will look like in this century, you need to read Campbell. Like the best stories, military and non-military, it's a story about love, community, and a brotherhood." - David Lipsky, author. "Joker One is the finest small-unit description of a platoon at war in Iraq. Hang on and cheer them on." - Bing West, author. "Donovan Campbell was a platoon commander in the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment in Anbar in 2004 - the unit that had my flank. In Joker One, he tells the story of that hard fight from the ground level better than I thought possible. This is what it is like to lead men in battle. Read this book if you are going to war, or if you have gone to war, or if you want to know what war is." - Lieutenant Colonel John A. Gagl (Ret.), "Centurion #", author of Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife. "A gritty, down-on-the-street account of hard, house-to-house fighting against a foe that could disappear to attack another day.Through it all, Campbell shows that the men of Joker Company lost neither their humanity nor their humor. Highly recommended." - Library Journal. "After graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell, motivated by his unwavering patriotism and commitment, decided to join the service, realizing that becoming a Marine officer would allow him to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. In this immediate, thrilling, and inspiring memoir, Campbell recounts a timeless and trascendent tale of brotherhood, courage, and sacrifice. As commander of a forty-man infantry platoon called Joker One, Campbell had just months to train and transform a ragtag group of brand-new Marines into a first-rate cohesive fighting unit, men who would become his family: Sergeant Leza, the house intellectual who read Che Guevara; Sergeant Mariano Noriel, the "Filipino ball of fire" who would become Campbell's closest confidant and friend; Lance Corporal William Feldmeir, a narcoleptic who fell asleep during battle; and a lieutenant known simply as "the Ox," whose stubborn aggressiveness would be more curse than blessing. Campbell and his men were assigned to Ramadi, that capital of the Sunni-dominated Anbar province that was an explosion just waiting to happen. And when it did happen - with the chilling cries of "jihad, jihad, jihad!" echoing from minaret to minaret - Campbell and company were there to protect the innocent, battle the insurgents, and pick up the pieces. After seven months of day-to-day, house-to-house combat, nearly half of Campbell's platoon had been wounded, a casualty rate that went beyond that of any Marine or Army unit since Vietnam. Yet unlike Fallujah, Ramadi never fell to the enemy. Told by the man who led the unit of hard-pressed Marines, Joker One is a gripping tale of a leadership, loyalty, faith, and camaraderie throughout the best and worst of times." - from the inner front jacket flap. Hampton, Casey (book design); PracherDesigns (jacket design); Asfouri, Nicolas (jacket photograph) (illustratore).
Altre immaginiLingua: Inglese
Editore: Theia, an imprint of Hyperion, New York, 2002
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- Prima edizione
Da: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition dark gray boards/black cloth spine/gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Principal Characters; Select Bibliography;… Index and Map: The Voyage of the Lady Julian, July 1789 - June 1790. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings and a double page frontispiece. "In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Sydney Cove in Australia's New South Wales on board a ship called the Lady Julian. The women, most of them petty criminals, were destined to provide the colony's hordes of lonely men with sexual favors as well as progeny. This is the enthralling story of that extraordinary group of women and their voyage halfway around the world. Historian Sian Rees delved into court documents, letters and journals to extract firsthand accounts of the women's experiences on board a ship that both held them prisoner and offered them refuge from their oppressive existence in London. Forced by the economy of the times to beg, steal and sell themselves, the women of the Lady Julian defined resourcefulness, and set up profitable businesses in their various ports of call. Many formed relationships with the ship's officers and sailors, and when the ship landed in New South Wales, they had newborn babies to show for it. At the heart of this riveting history is the passionate relationship between Sarah Whitelam, a convict, and the ship's steward, John Nicol, whose personal journals provided much of the material for this book. Along the way, Rees brings the sights, smells and sounds of an eighteenth-century ship vividly to life. Rollicking and exhaustively researched, The Floating Brothel ends with a grand beginning -- the landing of these "disorderly girls: on a rugged continent that they would make their own." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Hampton, Casey (book design) (illustratore).
Altre immaginiEditore: Hyperion, New York, 2001
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- Prima edizione
Da: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition dark blue cloth boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Foreword by Caroline Kennedy and Permissions. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Also i…ncludes a bound-into-the-volume matching dark blue satin ribbon page marker. "One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. In this anthology, I have tried to include poems that reflect things that were important to her - a spirit of adventure, the worlds of imagination and nature, and the strength of love and family." - Caroline Kennedy, from the rear outer jacket. "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. "Once you can express yourself," she wrote, "you can tell the world waht you want from it . All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words." Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mother's favorite poems and the words behind her strong belief in the power of literature. The poems presented span the centuries and include works by such renowned authors as Langston Hughes, William Shakespeare, Homer, W.B. Yeats, Emily Dickinson, E.E. Cummings, and Robert Frost. This volume also includes poems by Jacqueline Kennedy. The book is illustrated with photographs of the Kennedy family, and illuminated by Caroline's reflections on her mother's life and work. A wonderful volume for reading aloud or by yourself, a meaningful gift or keepsake, this book offers an intimate view of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' world, and a poignant glimpse into her heart.". Hampton, Casey (book design); Ho, Andrea (jacket design); Shikler, Aaron (jacket photograph) (illustratore).
Nols Soft Paths: How to Enjoy the Wilderness Without Harming It
Hampton, Bruce; Cole, David; National Outdoor Leadership School (U. S.)
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Da: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.SHIMEDIA
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Condizione: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke [Foreword]; Casey Hampton [Designer];
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Da: London Bridge Books, London, Regno UnitoLondon Bridge Books
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Paperback. Condizione: Fair.
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World
Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke [Foreword]; Casey Hampton [Designer];
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Da: London Bridge Books, London, Regno UnitoLondon Bridge Books
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Paperback. Condizione: Good.
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Da: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.BennettBooksLtd
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paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title. Casey, Denise (illustratore).
Altre immaginiEditore: Random House, New York, 2002
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
Da: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books
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EUR 57,80
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards, black spine, and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Foreword by Richard Holbrooke; Acknowledgments; Note on Place-names; Introduction…; Conclusion; Appendix: Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points; Bibliography; Notes; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates and a section of preliminary page maps. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize. Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize. "Between January and July 1919, after "the war to end all wars," men and women from around the world converged on Paris to shape the peace. Center stage, for the first time in history, was an American president, Woodrow Wilson, who with his Fourteen Points seemed to promise to so many people the fulfillment of their dreams. Stern, intransigent, impatient when it came to security concerns and wildly idealistic in his dream of a League of Nations that would resolve all future conflict peacefully, Wilson is only one of the larger-than-life characters who fill the pages of this extraordinary book. David Lloyd George, the gregarious and wily British prime minister, brought Winston Churchill and John Maynard Keynes. Lawrence of Arabia joined the Arab delegation. Ho Chi Minh, a kitchen assistant at the Ritz, submitted a petition for an independent Vietnam. For six months, Paris was effectively the center of the world as the peacemakers carved up bankrupt empires and created new countries. This book brings to life the personalities, ideals, and prejudices of the men who shaped the settlement. They pushed Russia to the sidelines, alienated China, and dismissed the Arabs. They struggled with the problems of Kosovo, of the Kurds, and of a homeland for the Jews. The peacemakers, so it has been said, failed dismally; above all they failed to prevent another war. Margaret MacMillan argues that they have unfairly been made the scapegoats for the mistakes of those who came later. She refutes received ideas about the path from Versailles to World War II and debunks the widely accepted notion that reparations imposed on the Germans were in large part responsible for the Second World War. A landmark work of narrative history, Paris 1919 is the first full-scale treatment of the Peace Conference in more than twenty-five years. It offers a scintillating view of those dramatic and fateful days when much of the modern world was sketched out, when countries were created - Iraq, Yugoslavia, Israel - whose troubles haunt us still." - from the inner front jacket flap. "Without question, Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever written about those fateful months after World War I when the maps of Europe were redrawn. Brimming with lucid analysis, elegant character sketches, and geopolitical pathos, Paris 1919 is essential reading - the perfect follow-up to Barbara Tuchman's magisterial Guns of August." - Douglas Brinkley, director of the Eisenhower Center. "It's easy to get into a war, but ending it is a more arduous matter. It was never more so than in 1919, at the Paris Conference.This is an enthralling book: detailed, fair, unfailingly lively. Professor MacMillan has that essential quality of the historian, a narrative gift." - Allan Massie, The Daily Telegraph (London). "Margaret MacMillan's compelling portrait of the heroes and rascals of Versailles, with all their complex and contradictory human and political foibles, breathes life into the most urgent issues still before us. This brilliant and dramatic book rekindles hope in the grand defining themes that emerged as World War I ended: economic justice, human rights, and a league to ensure international amity." - Blance Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt. "Fascinating and funny.Most of the problems treated in this book are still with us today." - The Sunday Times (London). Hampton, Casey (book design); Bordwin, Gabrielle (jacket design) (illustratore).
