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194815029FIRST PUBLISHED.- London: William Heinemann Limited 1948.- 582 p.: Láms.; 4º menor 22 x 15 cm; Texto en inglés; Tela Ed.- Memorias de guerra del General Eisenhower. II GUERRA MUNDIAL NAZISMO Y FASCISMO Book in english William Heinemann Limited hardcover
19481295<p>Doubleday & Company New York 1948. Rare first edition hardback in good condition. The covers are brown boards with Dwight D Eisenhower on the cover. The spine is brown with the title author and publisher in a black box. The front and back flyleafs are a decorative map. The pages are in good condition with no marks tears of folds. There are two small sections on the front and back flyleaf that have been torn away and light discoloration on the title page. The book includes many maps photos and illustrations throughout.</p><p>The book in the photos is the book you are purchasing.</p> Doubleday and Company hardcover
19481296<p>Doubleday & Company New York 1948. Rare first edition hardback in good condition. The covers are brown boards with Dwight D Eisenhower on the cover. The spine is brown with the title author and publisher in a black box. The front and back flyleafs are a decorative map. The pages are in good condition with no marks tears of folds. The book includes many maps photos and illustrations throughout.</p><p>The book in the photos is the book you are purchasing.</p> Doubleday and Company hardcover
194807665D-DAY ORDER OF THE DAY & THE GUILD HALL SPEECH Doubleday & Columbia N.d. first edition a fine copy in printed paper sleeve. A recording printed for private use only; not licensed for radio broadcast and prepared for the publishers booksellers friends. Scarce. Doubleday & Columbia unknown
1993Q-0792455614Bdd Promotional Book Co 1993. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bdd Promotional Book Co hardcover
1949121022Cincinatti: Columbia University Alumni Club of Cincinatti 1949. Rare Columbia University Alumni Banquet program signed by the 34th President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower. Large octavo the program was printed for the Regional Columbia University Alumni Banquet held at the Netherland Plaza Hotel on November 22 1949. Signed by Eisenhower on the front panel of the program. Eisenhower served as president of Columbia University after World War II a position he held from 1948 to 1953. In very good condition. Rare. Dwight Eisenhower was an Army general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951 he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. Columbia University Alumni Club of Cincinatti unknown
1956018800Washington: White House Stationary 1956. Autograph. VG. No Binding. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Two letters with folded center crease and envelope signed by Eisenhower to the artist Mary Bruce Sharon and her daughter regarding a gifted painting. Dated 1/9/56. White House Stationary unknown
1987239271Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1987. Collector's Edition. Full brown leather decoratively gilt. Faint spots of rubbing near fine. Part of the Library of the Presidents series. Easton Press unknown
1991Q-0517065010Random House Value Publishing 1991-08-07. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Random House Value Publishing hardcover
1987Q-0394755332Vintage 1987-10-12. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
1986Q-0394412370Random House 1986-08-12. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Random House hardcover
1986DADAX0394412370Random House Books for Young Readers 1986-08-12. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Random House Books for Young Readers hardcover
19863816<p>RANDOM HOUSE INC. 1986. hard cover with dj. very good with dj.</p> RANDOM HOUSE INC. hardcover
1998378789Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press 1998. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket 576 pages. Dwight D. Eisenhower's meteoric rise to prominence during World War II was not -- as popular myth would have us believe -- accidental but the logical outcome of years of preparation. Eisenhower had enormous talents opportunities to develop them and an attentive corps of senior officers who watched and encouraged his ascent to high command. The diaries letters and documents assembled in this volume for the first time present a fresh detailed examination of Dwight D. Eisenhower's formative years and the evolution of his genius for organization logistics and strategy. Record # 378789 Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
1998126998Johns Hopkins University Press 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Near fine book and jacket. . Johns Hopkins University Press Hardcover
1986Q-0002177692HarperCollins Publishers 1986-12-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
1998Q-0801856744Johns Hopkins University Press 1998-03-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
198685974New York: Random House 1986. First Edition stated presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Anita Karl and Jim Kemp Maps. xxvii 1 977 3 pages. Principal Figures. Glossary. Bibliography. Notes. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has some wear tears and soiling. Some edge soiling. Some endpaper soiling. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Doug Romagnoli With best wishes for a full life. David Eisenhower October 11 1986. This book focuses on Eisenhower's conduct of the war and provides an extensively documented analysis of the political ramifications of the course of the war and Eisenhower's decisions. Dwight David Eisenhower II born March 31 1948 is an American author public policy fellow professor at the University of Pennsylvania and eponym of the U.S. presidential retreat Camp David. He is the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and a son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. He was a teaching adjunct and public policy fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania author and co-chair of the Foreign Policy Research Institute's History Institute for Teachers. From 2001 to 2003 he was editor of Orbis a quarterly published by the institute. Eisenhower was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1987 for his work Eisenhower At War 1943-1945 about the Allied leadership during World War II. He was the host of a public television series called The Whole Truth with David Eisenhower distributed by American Public Television. Derived from a Kirkus review: The younger Eisenhower has spent some six years on this project covering only a three-year period in Ike's career. Eisenhower: At War is a work of dignified completely researched history. Three decades after Eisenhower's presidency a spate of books is being published on issues of his era or about the man. David's view is that Eisenhower's experiences in WW II were the clay he molded into his overall world view which is ultimately crucial to the understanding of his presidency. Eisenhower saw Russia's isolation as a danger to the postwar world and spent the next 15 years of his public life attempting to defuse the Cold War. When his attempts failed he warned his citizens of the consequences especially as they related to the "military-industrial complex." David Eisenhower's special status in being able to call upon his own father for firsthand information and on his father-in-law Richard Nixon's expertise in foreign matters has helped him to produce a very solid work. It is a secondary source but his interpretations are full of acumen and he doesn't shrink from uncomfortable topics such as Eisenhower's decision to allow Montgomery to go ahead with his Market Garden attack even when Ike knew that it was doomed in order to finally dispose of Monty's challenges to his authority. Nepotism in the pursuit of biography is no vice. Random House hardcover
1986Sign0068New York: Random House 1986. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xxvii 977pp. b/w plates appends. bibliog. index TO SEE MORE ITEMS FROM THE REX RILEY SIGNED BOOK COLLECTION PLEASE ENTER REX SIGNED INTO THE KEY WORDS FIELD Signed by David Eisenhower on ownerÕs Library Bookplate on the half-title. PHOTO available Random House hardcover
1986725NY: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394412370 . Publisher's full black cloth gilt lettering on spine blind-stamped medallion on cover fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with 24 maps several double-page. Includes Index of Principal Figures; Glossary; Bibliography extensive Notes; and Index. . Brief gift inscription on ffep otherwise unmarked tight square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is very mildly chipped with a very small closed tear at the head of the spine. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . Maps. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. xxvii 977 1 pp . Random House hardcover
199114820NY: Wings Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Blue cloth cover gilt lettering on spine glossary notes and extensive index. . Inscription in ink to former owner of fep little wear to head and heel of spine small mark on corner at top of pages hinge starting. The unclipped dust jacket rubbed slight wear to head and heel of spine. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . B&W photgraphs and maps. xxvii 977 pp . Wings Books hardcover
19672833361967. unbound. fine. Interesting group of three signed items by Presidents wives including: Two United Nations issued Marc Chagall Stained Glass Windows First Day Covers postmarked November 17th 1967. Separately signed by Bess M. Truman and Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Also: an original assemblage by noted autograph dealer Seymour Kessler who has used a heavy stock photograph of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower glaring at each other after a misunderstanding; customizing it into a First Day of Issue cachet for both the Truman and Eisenhower stamps released by the Post Office in 1971 and 1973. Item is boldly signed below her husband's portrait stamp by First Lady Bess M. Truman. Photographic Certificate of Authenticity from R and R Auctions Catalog 406 Item 98. Fine condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
1974Q-0307487180Golden Press 1974-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Golden Press hardcover
1974050846New York: Golden Press. Fine. 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large format padded red leather-like binding all edges gilt ribbon bookmark includes the original slipcase "This edition is limited to one thousand copies of which this is number 226" this copy includes the "Best Wishes" card which is signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower wife of President Dwight Eisenhower the original envelope for the card is also present the book is in excellent condition with one insignificant flaw: a narrow 2-inch long surface-scrape on the blank front end-paper the original illustrated slipcase is in VG condition it has some edge-rubbing but is clean intact and quite presentable overall many friends contributed to this cookbook which also includes a short biography with photos of Mamie & Ike full-page color plates illustrate some of the recipes; 270 pages; Signed by Author . Golden Press hardcover
19622622630/01/1962. <blockquote><p>Ford had taken that position as a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy</p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><p>“I too feel that automation can result in increased productivity if intelligence is applied to the problem and if we encourage the initiative and self-reliance of the American citizen instead as seems to be the case lulling him into letting the central government take over.â€</p></blockquote><p>In the waning days of 1960 President Eisenhower prepared to leave office and hand the presidency to John F. Kennedy. Henry Ford II was a close confidant of Eisenhower’s and during his presidency provided Ike with important assistance. On three occasions Ford lent one of his senior executives Leo Beebe to the U.S. government to supervise the resettlement of refugees and manage similar projects. Beebe became executive vice chairman of Eisenhower’s Committee for Hungarian Refugees in 1956 a need that resulted from the Hungarian Revolution and subsequent flight from the country of many refugees. In addition to his committee work during 1956-1957 while working out of Camp Kilmer in northern New Jersey Beebe oversaw the relocation and resettlement of 35000 Hungarian refugees in the United States eventually finding them permanent residences in this country. In 1959-1960 Beebe organized the U.S. Center for Cuban Refugees in Miami Florida to help with the mass influx of Cuban refugees that fled Castro’s Cuba in 1960 and beyond. Ford backed the refugee aid effort all the way and it was of incalculable importance.</p><p>In 1960 Robert McNamara was President of the Ford Motor Company. Kennedy the President-elect sought to name McNamara Secretary of Defense. Ford agreed to spare McNamara yet another example of his Henry Ford II’s largess.</p><p>The friendship and collaboration of Eisenhower and Ford continued after Ike left office.</p><p>The President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy which was established by President Kennedy in February 1961 to promote free and responsible collective bargaining industrial peace sound wage and price policies higher standards of living and increased productivity. The Committee also considered policies designed to ensure that American products were competitive in world markets as well as examine the benefits and problems created by automation and other technological advances. Other topics it took on included pensions railroads taxes collective bargaining and economic recovery.</p><p>Henry Ford II president of Ford Motor Company was a member of the committee. The majority report found that automation causes unemployment. Ford dissented saying “Its major premise is the assumption that automation and technological advance are in and of themselves significant causes of unemployment—an assumption that neither history nor an analysis of current unemployment supports…The factual evidence strongly indicates that while automation displaces some individuals from jobs they have held its overall effect is to increase income and expand job opportunities. History teaches us that by and large workers displaced by technological advance have moved rapidly into other employment ultimately to better paying jobs. If…we would help persons displaced by technological advance we must focus our attention not on relief or even training though these properties properly conceived and administered will help - but on creating new jobs for people who seek them and can perform in them.â€</p><p>Eisenhower wrote Ford expressing his agreement with that dissent.</p><p><strong>Typed letter signed</strong> on his letterhead Palm Desert January 30 1962 to Henry Ford II. <em>“Arthur Burns</em> who would later become Chairman of the Federal Reserve <em>sent me a copy of the report of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy After reading it I want to congratulate you on your dissent. I too feel that automation can result in increased productivity if intelligence is applied to the problem and if we encourage the initiative and self-reliance of the American citizen instead as seems to be the case lulling him into letting the central government take over.</em></p><p><em>“And on a brand new and far different subject Mrs. Whitman asked me to tell you how much she is enjoying the car that you put at her disposal. She says that the joy of driving it with the sun touching the tops of the mountains is almost compensation for what she claims is the barbaric hour at which I like to do my morning work. She - and I - are most grateful to you. With warm personal regard and again: are you coming out this wayâ€</em></p><p>A very interesting opinion of Eisenhower expressing that automation is a positive good and helps workers rather than harms them.</p><p><img class=""alignnone wp-image-25018 size-post-window"" src=""https://cdn.raabcollection.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204144051/Folder-site-11-1600x1327.jpg"" alt="""" width=""1600"" height=""1327"" /></p> unknown