Schweitzer Theodore G (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1995. Hardcover. Military Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Good; light wear to head, tail, and tips; scar to front panel from old price sticker removal. Red paper over boards with black overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 574 pp 8vo. In the face of Hanoi's policy of withholding POW/MIA information, a U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency operation called Swamp Ranger, led by former U.N. refugee officer Theodore G. Schweitzer, gained access to the People's Army archives and examined records of Americans who survived capture during the Vietnam War and some who did not. Schweitzer also obtained photos of U.S. prisoners, alive or dead. Though Vietnamese military officials were helpful, the civilian bureaucracy eventually withdrew cooperation, but not before Schweitzer had collected information on the fate of hundreds of missing American servicemen. McConnell's (Into the Mouth of the Cat) book demolishes the myth that Washington knowingly abandoned surviving POWs in Indochina. It also exposes fund-raising scams, bogus former POWs and others who attempt to take advantage of grieving relatives. The book offers vivid glimpses of Vietnam, especially the corruption, greed and negative impact of the current commercial boom on the resolution of the MIA issue. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. F/F, used but looks like new, hc, charcoal cloth at spine with silver text, gray colored end papers, 462 pages. Interior clean, near crisp and bright. Binding tight. No wear to dj, no chips or tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Some oxidized dust speckles on top page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Book Club Edition. (viii) 396 pp. Quarter-bound in dark and light blue boards; lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Les Edwards. This anthology contains: Chief Dragon of the Island by Joy Chant; Artos Son of Marius by Andre Norton; The Lady of Belec by Phylliss Ann Karr; The Dragon's Boy by Jane Yolen; The Knight with Two Swords by John Steinbeck; Morte D'Alain by Maxey Brooke; King's Man by Sasha Miller; Sir Percivale of Wales by Roger Lancelyn Green; For to Achieve Your Adventure by Theodore Goodridge Roberts; The King's Damosel by Vera Chapman; Buried Silver by Keith Taylor; Son of the Morning by Ian McDowell; An Entry That Did Not Appear In the Doomsday Book by John Brunner; Midnight Moonlight and the Secret of the Sea by Darrell Schweitzer; Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende, translated by Alfred Elwes; and The Lady of the Fountain from the Mabinogion. Size: 8vo. Les Edwards; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. 462, [2] pages. Illustrations. Map. Glossary. Source notes. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Malcolm McConnell was born in Illinois and raised in Wisconsin. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the United States Army and was honorably discharged after one year. He attended the University of Wisconsin and after graduation he left Wisconsin at the young age of 21 to work for the State Department in Washington, DC as a Foreign Service Officer; he was placed in Africa for 8 years. At age 30 he resigned from the State Department. Mr. McConnell started his personal writing career and wrote two novels that were realistic spy stories. He states that he got his inspiration for his novels from his experience in Africa. Mr. McConnell taught creative writing at four different universities. Mr. McConnell was a roving editor/writer for Reader's Digest for 25 years. His work at Reader's Digest allowed him to travel all over the world to cover a wide variety of stories. During this time he was able to visit Asia, Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and South America. Mr. McConnell has also written 24 books, covering military and scientific subjects. Malcolm McConnell is the co-author of the New York Times number 1 bestseller American Soldier with Gen. Tommy Franks and My Year in Iraq with L. Paul Bremer III. Based on exclusive access to secret Vietnamese archives and classified U.S. sources, the authors have revealed highly sensitive documentation on American POW/MIA's during the Vietnam War from the highest echelons within the Vietnamese government. Derived from a Kirkus review: A timely and well-presented work that seeks to dispel the myth that there are still American POWs held in Southeast Asia. Reader's Digest editor McConnell, who often writes on military and governmental affairs, provides another in a recent set of books that convincingly debunk the assumption that Vietnam, for reasons known only to itself, continues to hold US servicemen prisoner more than 20 years after American withdrawal. This assumption has fed a cottage industry that preys on the families of those soldiers still unaccounted for. Today more than 2,000 are officially listed as missing in action. In reality, both sides know that these persons are dead. Using research gathered by Schweitzer, the first American to gain access to Vietnamese army records concerning POWs and MIAs as part of a quasi-official ``backdoor'' intelligence operation known as ``Swamp Ranger,'' McConnell documents a truth that is far more credible than the suspect conspiracy theories peddled by MIA organizations and some members of Congress. The US is unable to declare the remaining missing as lost because of overly stringent identification standards established as a result of lobbying by some of the families of those on the MIA list. The Vietnamese government has been unwilling to officially release information in its possession that could resolve matters because it fears a loss of face, since it declared early on that it had made available a full accounting. The situation in Hanoi has been complicated by bureaucratic wrangling between civilian officials and the military over who will control the information. The reality is that truth sells less well than hopeful, provocative fiction. Access to Vietnamese records makes this the definitive closure of a sad chapter in American history and must reading for all those interested in the topic.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Large, sturdy book, dark gray cloth spine, red boards, bright silver lettering on spine, dark gray color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 462 pages including two glossy photo sections. DJ glossy beneath mylar, a red-titned photo of American POWs with black background to front, black spine and borders with praise on center back from Melvin Laird, Major Gen. John Signlaub, and others. DJ has tiny tears and creases at back riight. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. binding tight, no markings. D1 5. Photo Reproductions (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 517 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.22 inches. In Stock.