Blockade by Eric Morris (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. There is wearing and some chipping on the DJ, particularly around the edges and corners. There is a small taped tear on back of the DJ, and the back of the DJ has some yellowing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 0812815718 a very good hardcover in a very good DJ with price, no handwriting, some foxing specks to page decks and age toning to end papers.

8vo. viii, [4], 278 pp. Photos, maps. Half-red cloth over blk boards, gilt lettrng (mnr scffng, bmpng), w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr, slght rubbng), VG/VG. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fiine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 278pp with maps and 12pp b&w illustrations.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

First Edition. Publisher's review copy. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 278 pages; Description: x, 278, [12] p. Illus. , maps, ports. 23 cm. Subjects: Berlin (Germany) --History --Blockade, 1948-1949. Notes: Bibliography: p. [271]. Includes index. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight age tone. Owner name to end paper. DJ with light wear, age tone.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. viii, 278pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. First edition.

Condition: Good. 1973. First Edition. 278 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Front free end paper excised. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing.

First Edition. Publisher's review copy. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 278 pages; Description: x, 278, [12] p. Illus. , maps, ports. 23 cm. Subjects: Berlin (Germany) --History --Blockade, 1948-1949. Notes: Bibliography: p. [271]. Includes index. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 25 cm, viii, [4], 278, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps Occasional footnotes. Appendix A, B, and C. Bibliography. Index of Proper Names. Index of Subjects. Ex-library with a bookplate and few of the usual library markings. Eric Morris is a British military historian who taught at Sandhurst, England's Royal Military Academy. Derived from a Kirkus review: Morris has chosen the Berlin blockade of 1948-49 as the centerpiece for this history of the Cold War from 1945 to 1961. Morris transcends mere military lore with a broad, rather urbane cold-warrior approach, conceding Western blunders and affronts. In discussing the Berlin question, he traces Stalin's need for guarantees against future German rearmament and revanchism, as well as for reparations. The book addresses the significance of Western currency reform, a move to penetrate the Eastern European economies, which, like the outflow of skilled workers from East Germany ten years later, was intolerable to the Russians. The blockade itself is well-narrated; more interesting is the counterpoint between Berlin's internal life and global Cold War events -- the Marshall Plan, the formation of NATO, the birth of the Adenauer government, etc. Despite Cold-War intensification, Morris argues that, with the Korean War settled, the 1954 Big Four meeting could have reached a significant accord on Berlin. The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche Mark from West Berlin. The Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift (26 June 1948 - 30 September 1949) to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city's population. The Americans and British then began a joint operation in support of the entire city. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 sorties in one year, providing to the West Berliners necessities such as fuel and food, with the original plan being to lift 3,475 tons of supplies daily. By the spring of 1949, that number was often met twofold, with the peak daily delivery totaling 12,941 tons. By this time the airlift was clearly succeeding, delivering more cargo than had previously been transported into the city by rail. The Soviets did not disrupt the airlift for fear this might lead to open conflict, even though they far outnumbered the allies in Germany and especially Berlin. On 12 May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade of West Berlin, although for a time the American and British continued to supply the city by air anyway because they were worried that the Soviets were simply going to resume the blockade and were only trying to disrupt western supply lines. The Berlin Airlift officially ended on 30 September 1949 after fifteen months. The US Air Force had delivered 1,783,573 tons (76.40% of total) and the RAF 541,937 tons (23.30% of total), totaling 2,334,374 tons, nearly two-thirds of which was coal, on 278,228 flights to Berlin. The C-47s and C-54s together flew over 92 million miles in the process, almost the distance from Earth to the Sun. At the height of the Airlift, one plane reached West Berlin every thirty seconds. Seventeen American and eight British aircraft crashed during the operation. A total of 101 fatalities were recorded as a result of the operation, including 40 Britons and 31 Americans, mostly due to non-flying accidents. The Berlin Blockade served to highlight the competing ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe and played a major role in drawing West Germany into the.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning. Good DJ with little wear.

History Book Club Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 278 pages; Description: x, 278, 6 leaves of plates : maps, ports. ; 23 cm. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. N/A (illustrator). 1974. Victorian & Modern History, Newton Abbot. 1974. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good, clean text, jacket has shelf wear, tear, etc. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Bookseller Inventory #007612. N/A.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book including a dust jacket. Mild fading to the spine. An annotation on the ffep. A little foxing to the textblock edges. The main body of text remains clear with a nice binding.

Hardback. Dustjacket. Both in Very Good condition. Dustwrapper slightly browned inside and slight wear to outside. Book not inscribed. 278 Pages. Illustrated.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 278, [12] pages illustrations, maps, portraits 23 cm. Subjects: Berlin (Germany) History Blockade, 1948-1949.Berlin (Germany) Politics and government 1945-1990. Cold War; Germany. Genre: War history. Language: English. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Shelf wear to dust jacket with small tear to top front edge; spine faded. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Patrick Leeson (Maps) (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. 25 cm, viii, [4], 278, [2] pages. Illustrations. Maps Occasional footnotes. Appendix A, B, and C. Bibliography. Index of Proper Names. Index of Subjects. ink notation on fep. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ has some wear, tears, soiling, and chips. Eric Morris is a British military historian who taught at Sandhurst, England's Royal Military Academy. Derived from a Kirkus review: Morris has chosen the Berlin blockade of 1948-49 as the centerpiece for this history of the Cold War from 1945 to 1961. Morris transcends mere military lore with a broad, rather urbane cold-warrior approach, conceding Western blunders and affronts. In discussing the Berlin question, he traces Stalin's need for guarantees against future German rearmament and revanchism, as well as for reparations. The book addresses the significance of Western currency reform, a move to penetrate the Eastern European economies, which, like the outflow of skilled workers from East Germany ten years later, was intolerable to the Russians. The blockade itself is well-narrated; more interesting is the counterpoint between Berlin's internal life and global Cold War events -- the Marshall Plan, the formation of NATO, the birth of the Adenauer government, etc. Despite Cold-War intensification, Morris argues that, with the Korean War settled, the 1954 Big Four meeting could have reached a significant accord on Berlin. The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post-World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche Mark from West Berlin. The Western Allies organized the Berlin Airlift (26 June 1948 - 30 September 1949) to carry supplies to the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city's population. The Americans and British then began a joint operation in support of the entire city. Aircrews from the United States Air Force, the Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force flew over 200,000 sorties in one year, providing to the West Berliners necessities such as fuel and food, with the original plan being to lift 3,475 tons of supplies daily. By the spring of 1949, that number was often met twofold, with the peak daily delivery totaling 12,941 tons. By this time the airlift was clearly succeeding, delivering more cargo than had previously been transported into the city by rail. The Soviets did not disrupt the airlift for fear this might lead to open conflict, even though they far outnumbered the allies in Germany and especially Berlin. On 12 May 1949, the USSR lifted the blockade of West Berlin, although for a time the American and British continued to supply the city by air anyway because they were worried that the Soviets were simply going to resume the blockade and were only trying to disrupt western supply lines. The Berlin Airlift officially ended on 30 September 1949 after fifteen months. The US Air Force had delivered 1,783,573 tons (76.40% of total) and the RAF 541,937 tons (23.30% of total), totaling 2,334,374 tons, nearly two-thirds of which was coal, on 278,228 flights to Berlin. The C-47s and C-54s together flew over 92 million miles in the process, almost the distance from Earth to the Sun. At the height of the Airlift, one plane reached West Berlin every thirty seconds. Seventeen American and eight British aircraft crashed during the operation. A total of 101 fatalities were recorded as a result of the operation, including 40 Britons and 31 Americans, mostly due to non-flying accidents. The Berlin Blockade served to highlight the competing ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe and played a major role in.

History Book Club Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 278 pages; Description: x, 278, 6 leaves of plates : maps, ports. ; 23 cm. 2 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprint, 8vo, 278pp, photo illustrations, discreet little blind stamp foot of ffep stating from the library of CEO Power o/w VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Very good or better in very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper rubbed/frayed at spine, small tears at edges.

Very good with very good dust jacket. Binding is slightly cocked. Dust jacket is worn at spine tips and corners and is lightly rubbed at some edges. 278 pages with two indexes, a bibliography and five maps plus 20 illustrations.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 278, [12] pages illustrations, maps, portraits 23 cm. Subjects: Berlin (Germany) History Blockade, 1948-1949.Berlin (Germany) Politics and government 1945-1990. Cold War; Germany. Genre: War history. Language: English. 1 Kg.

ex lib, minimal markings, illus, 278pp, VG (v sl cocked, v sl gum stains to eps and boards, v sl rubbed) d/w in plastic VG+ (v sl soiled, rear flap clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 278 pp. Photos. Maps. Spine bumped. Jacket edges worn, tear along spine edge at front. Pencilled price on ffep. A detailed account of Berlin in the post-war period, describing the blockade and airlift, and the building of the Wall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+-to-Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Book Club Edition. Very good clean firm interior, no marks or inscriptions, faint tone marks to top e/papers, very good clean firm boards; d/jacket colour sunned to spine area and small nick but lettering here still clear and bold, decent bright appearance overall with no tears, price-clipped neatly to inner flap.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 278 pages. Jacket is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book fine condition Jacket slight shelf wear on spine corners ow near fine the Berlin aitlift and the building of the wall.