Wise David Thomas Ross (172 results)

Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Cloth. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. First Edition. 276pp. Plates. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.57.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.37.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.37.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.37.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Tres Bon Etat. Ed. numérotée. 390 pp. Format: 15x22.5 - Illustration.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Excellent clean crisp interior with no markings or inscriptions, contains a section of b&w photos; excellent boards; d/j shows minor usage, nick and slight rubs to top edge, slight colour-fade to spine but good condiiton generally - not price-clipped./.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The U-2 Affair (1963) by David Wise and Thomas B. Ross ? The Cresset Press From Crappy Old Books ? where espionage smells like damp paper and Cold War paranoia. Before Wikileaks, before Snowden, there was the U-2 incident: one spy plane, one shot-down pilot, and one colossal diplomatic facepalm. In The U-2 Affair , investigative journalists David Wise and Thomas B. Ross unravel the tangled mess of espionage, secrecy, and political fallout that followed Gary Powers? dramatic crash-landing into Soviet custody in 1960. It?s all here?cloak-and-dagger missions, CIA blunders, and the chilly chess game of Cold War politics. This 1963 British edition from The Cresset Press is Cold War vintage with the patina to prove it: creased covers, yellowing pages, and a certain musty gravitas. A perfect read for your inner armchair agent. Crappy Old Books ? Because real secrets come with foxed edges and Cold War dust. Good condition with dust jacket. First edition.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG Pc DW. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper a bit marked on base of spine and front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 308pp.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. Clean tight text pages but cover edges are are a bit marked. Owners notes on rear endpaper.

Condition: Good. 1963. First Edition Thus. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Book has forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 308pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed red. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge colour fading, remaining edges starting to tan. Bookseller's label on front pastedown. Otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Pas de jaquette. 1965 OCCASION N°707 640 GRAMMES 390 PAGES.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in red cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The U-2 Affair, also known as the U-2 Incident, was a Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1960. It began when a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down over Soviet territory on May 1, 1960. The aircraft had been conducting high-altitude surveillance to gather intelligence on Soviet military installations. Initially, the U.S. government claimed the aircraft was a civilian weather research plane, but the Soviets produced the captured pilot and surveillance equipment, forcing the U.S. to admit the true nature of the mission. The incident embarrassed the United States and led to the collapse of a planned summit between U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Paris. Powers was tried for espionage in the Soviet Union and sentenced to 10 years of confinement, but he was exchanged for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel in 1962. The affair heightened Cold War tensions and demonstrated the risks of covert intelligence operations. Ref O 4.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.53.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.53.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.53.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.53.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 380 S. ; 8 Das Buch ist ordentlich erhalten und kann altersbedingte Gebrauchsspuren aufweisen. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

380 S., Opbd., Rücken ausgeblichen, etwas fleckig. 34 Sprache: Deutsch.

Hb. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 276pp.

Couverture souple. Livre en français. Traduit de l'américain par Roland Garrane. Le cercle du nouveau livre d'histoire. Reliure toile.390 pages. Etats-Unis. Livre.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original crimson paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 276 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs to the centre. Just a little wear to the edges, tan age spots to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little sun fading to the red of the spine, shallow runs to the spine tips and corners, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ESPIONAGE (Clandestine).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3.