Raizman, David Seth:History of Modern Design
- Paperback 2017, ISBN: 9780205728503
Hardcover
College Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press, 2005. First Edition . Softcover. Very Good Condition. Trade paperback size. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body… More...
College Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press, 2005. First Edition . Softcover. Very Good Condition. Trade paperback size. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean In July 1994, Thomas P. Odom was part of the U.S. Embassy team that responded to the Goma refugee crisis. He witnessed the deaths of 70,000 refugees in a single week. In the previous three months of escalating violence, the Rwandan genocide had claimed 800,000 dead. Now, in this vivid and unsettling new book, Odom offers the first insider look at these devastating events before, during, and after the genocide. Odom draws on his years of experience as a defense attache and foreign area specialist in the United States Army to offer a complete picture of the situation in Zaire and Rwanda, focusing on two U.S. embassies, intelligence operations, U.N. peacekeeping efforts, and regional reactions. His team attempted to slow the death by cholera of refugees in Goma, guiding in a U.S. Joint Task Force and Operation Support Hope and remaining until the United States withdrew its forces forty days later. After U.S. forces departed, Odom crossed into Rwanda to spend the next eighteen months re-establishing the embassy, working with the Rwandan government, and creating the U.S.-Rwandan Demining Office. Odom assisted the U.S. ambassador and served as the principal military advisor on Rwanda to the U. S. Department of Defense and National Security Council throughout his time in Rwanda. This book candidly reveals Odom's frustration with Washington as his predictions that a larger war was coming were ignored. Unfortunately, he was proven correct: the current death toll in Rwanda is over three million. Odom's account of the events in Rwanda not only illustrates how failures in intelligence and policy happen but also shows that a human context is necessary to comprehend these political decisions. B & W photos., Texas A&M University Press, 2005, 3, UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, facsimile document folder illustrated background with superimposed b/w thumbnail subject's portrait photograph to front panel of dw/dj,and with glossy, embossed capitalised brown+red lettered title and capitalised shaded brown lettered sub-title,a Stella Rimmington black+brown lettered quote/review; glossy capitalised black lettered author name to same.Glossy,embossed,capitalised black+brown lettered part title and author's glossy,flat printed,capitalised black-lettered name to spine/backstrip,rear panel of dw/dj with superimposed staff group b/w photograph with brown+black lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish other than very light toning; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a red+black striped headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xipp+1-212pp [paginated] includes verso of contents list/table,Foreword by Caroline Coverdale (Great-granddaughter of subject), an Introductionby Stewart Binns,27 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs includes a colour tinted photograph,in 1 block,between pp116/17,Notes by Dr Chris Northcott,author and lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and recto of contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. The United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, most commonly known as MI5, was founded in 1909 by Sir Vernon Kell KBE. Kell ("K" within the agency) not only founded MI5, but was also its Director for 31 years,the longest tenure of any head of a British government department during the twentieth century. Kell was also fluent in six foreign languages,making him arguably the most gifted linguist ever to head a Western intelligence agency. 'A Secret Well Kept' was written by Kell's wife,Constance, in the 1950s,and the manuscript has been a treasured family possession ever since.Constance's story is endlessly fascinating: she tells of their life in China during the Boxer Rebellion,the formation of MI5 in 1909,the key characters,events and spy cases of Kell's career,and his important work achieved for the country during two world wars. A modern-day foreword from Kell's great-granddaughter Caroline Coverdale,an introduction by Stewart Binns,and notes from Dr. Chris Northcott add historical context to this delightful and unparalleled insight into the personal life of an extremely powerful and important man. Please contact seller, because of the weight/value of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.CONWAY/An imprint of BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC,2017., 5, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. 432 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine bumped at the crown. Dust jacket, crimped a little in the corresponding area, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This perceptive, wide-ranging book surveys the applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and the technological, social, and commercial contexts in which the relationship developed. This substantially revised and expanded second edition offers several new features, including: an updated and expanded timeline and bibliography; inclusion of more recent trends and perspectives in design; a larger section on contemporary design; and more discussion of designed artifacts in relation to interior's rather than as stand alone 'objects, ' to promote discussion of lifestyles and the experience of design by users." - Publisher.. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011, 3<
