Assertion Power Cold by Burckhardt Carl (9 results)
Language: English
Published by Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1970
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Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaM. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. The book is very good +with very slight edge wear and a light dampstain to cloth in a very good+ dust jacket with green transfer from cloth on reverse and is laminated.
- Hardcover
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.Callaghan Books South
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Green cloth with gilt fleur very good on front, slightly faded overall, gilt very good on spine, 472 pages. DJ has green background to front and spine, photo of Burckhardt inside back flap, two microtears and very slight wear to spine bottom right edge, book spine sl…ightly askew. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. (Volumes I and III also available).
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Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United KingdomCrappy Old Books
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Richelieu and His Age ? Assertion of Power and Cold War (1970) by Carl J. Burckhardt George Allen & Unwin | ISBN: 0049220241 Condition: Good (as sold by Crappy Old Books). Ex-library book. There are politicians. There are statesmen. And then there is Cardinal Richelieu ? the man who managed to combine…ecclesiastical robes with unapologetic realpolitik, red hat with cold calculation, and devotion with diplomacy sharp enough to redraw Europe. Carl J. Burckhardt?s Richelieu and His Age ? Assertion of Power and Cold War is your invitation into seventeenth-century power politics, delivered with the grave elegance of a historian who understands that nothing about high office has ever been simple. The subtitle alone is deliciously modern. ?Cold War? in the 1600s? Absolutely. Burckhardt draws the lines between Richelieu?s world and the twentieth century with steady, deliberate strokes. Alliances, proxy struggles, ideological posturing, continental chess played over decades ? it turns out Europe was practising strategic brinkmanship long before anyone invented nuclear deterrence. Richelieu did not need missiles; he had diplomacy, intelligence networks, and a deeply held belief that France should not be anyone else?s side project. This is not a breezy ?colourful court anecdotes? biography. It?s a study in statecraft: the consolidation of royal authority, the taming of aristocratic independence, the shaping of foreign policy with a ruthlessness that still feels bracing. Burckhardt presents Richelieu not as a pantomime villain or moustache-twirling schemer, but as something more unsettling ? a serious mind operating within brutal constraints, determined to assert France?s position in a Europe permanently on the verge of implosion. And what a Europe it was: Habsburg ambitions, Protestant?Catholic tensions, dynastic rivalries, and the ever-present risk that a diplomatic misstep might turn into open war. The idea that the early modern period was somehow naïve compared to modern geopolitics quietly evaporates as you read. Richelieu?s world may lack satellites, but it does not lack calculation. Burckhardt?s prose carries that mid-twentieth-century gravitas ? measured, thoughtful, occasionally austere ? the kind of historical writing that assumes you are capable of serious attention and rewards you accordingly. It?s a book for readers who like their history with structure and strategy, not just spectacle. This copy is Good , as sold by Crappy Old Books, and is an ex-library book ? meaning it bears the respectable signs of a previous institutional life. Expect stamps, perhaps a discreet label or pocket residue: the quiet badges of a volume once deemed important enough for public lending. Structurally sound, entirely readable, and imbued with that faint aura of scholarly approval that only library copies acquire. Perfect for: readers who enjoy power politics without modern spin students of diplomacy and statecraft lovers of European history beyond the costume-drama surface anyone who suspects that ?cold war? is less an era than a habit Open it and step into a Europe balanced on strategy and suspicion ? where a cardinal in scarlet quietly shaped the fate of nations, and where power, once asserted, rarely goes back into its box.
Published by Harcourt Brace & World 1970, 1970
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketTHIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall p…ostage costs.
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Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United KingdomAnybook.com
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Condition: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:0049220241….
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Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1970
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Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Later Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Octavo. Hardcover. Volume II only. Book is very good with light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear. Great copy of this biographical work.100% positive fe…edback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Volume 2. 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.
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Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
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Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. All three volumes Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jackets. Small stain on front panel of "His Rise to Power". Foxing on top text block edge of all three volumes.
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1967
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael Knight, Bookseller, Forest Grove, OR, U.S.A.Michael Knight, Bookseller
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Complete 3-volume set of hardcovers with good dust-jackets. Volume I is a 2nd printing while Volumes II and II are both 1st printings. Books are clean and solid. Set ships from a smoke-free home. A little tearing and chipping to edges of jackets. 413; 4…88; 472 pages. Books are hand-wrapped and packaged in cardboard.
