2008, ISBN: 9780671555221

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New York U. S. A.: Alfred A Knopf. As New in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 9781400044115 . Marfree, acidfree Fine 1/4 cloth illus1stEd in shiny unclipped DJ; no … More...

New York U. S. A.: Alfred A Knopf. As New in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 9781400044115 . Marfree, acidfree Fine 1/4 cloth illus1stEd in shiny unclipped DJ; no names, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. ; 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.4 Inches; 375 pages; The New York Times - William GrimesMr. Glenny sets a fast pace as he races from one criminal hot spot to another, riding with marijuana traffickers in British Columbia, walking into pachinko parlors in Tokyo, visiting brothels in Tel Aviv and scoping out the sex clubs in Dubai. For sheer enterprise he is hard to beat…The Washington Post - Jonathan YardleyThis immensely informative and more than slightly scary book describes in all too vivid detail the "gold mine" that the fall of the Soviet Union opened for "criminals, organized and disorganized," who "were also good capitalists and entrepreneurs." If there is a law of unintended consequences, there must also be a law of unanticipated ones, and here we have one of the clearest examples. The downfall of international communism was indeed "a great victory for the West," but "initial euphoria was soon dampened by indications, admittedly in rather obscure places, that the new world of peace and democracy would face some teething problems." That, as Misha Glenny makes plain a bit later, is putting it mildly… ## "An absolutely terrifying study of the oncoming future, April 18, 2008By Eggcrate "glodphlex" (New York City) - To make a long story short, this book is essentially the history of the mafiacation of soverign states during the turbulent phase of the 1990s. Numerous case studies are presented which map out the ways, shapes, and forms of organized crime penetration from unstable regions and societies into the the formal structures of stable and legitimate governments. For glaring example, the Yakuza crime syndicates gradually evolved into a parallel legal system in Japan, then foundering in their own inefficiencies, began subcontracting their day to day rough work to the Chinese Triads. The lesson here is disturbing to the idealist mentality, because Misha Glenny is clearly pointing to the inescapable conclusion. Mafia like organizations are becoming increasingly interlinked and coordinated and resultantly imposing their values, tastes, methods, and derangements on a world order poorly equipped to monitor them, much less curtail their activities. Many luxury items such as caviar and cocaine are now thoroughly controlled through distribution networks that seem actually more sophisticated than their legitimate corporate counterparts, while just as many counterfeit luxury items are manufactured and distributed by the same organizations. Without belaboring the point, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the world is on the brink of a regulatory crisis phase where tax evasion, counterfeiting, human trafficing, militarized organ harvesting operations, wholesale corruption, social brutalization and cultural degeneracy are inseparably intertwined. A grim prognosis is ever there were a grim prognosis, and yet the general public seems blissfully unaware of the plague spreading around them, while the political class seems all to happy to sweep these metastasizing social carcinomas under the rug and furiously debate the most inane of trivialities instead. Which is either shockingly unshocking, or unshockingly shocking, while we numb out to unreality TV and the semiotics of Britney. ., Alfred A Knopf, 2008, Washington Square Press, 1973. Paperback book is in very good to like new condition. Soft cover shows minor signs of shelf wear on edges. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean; no stains. Some creasing on book edge from being read once or twice. Publisher: Simon and Schuster. Size: 7 x 4 x 1. 1973 edition. 678 pages long. ISBN 0671555227. Pictorial cover on front. Additional pictures of condition are always available. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Young David Powlett-Jones, a Welsh miner's son, is invalided home from France when he suffers severe shell shock on the Western Front. At a remote English public school in Devon the debilitated veteran, himself barely out of his teens, decides temporarily to try his hand at teaching while striving to awaken from the nightmare of World War I-the national catastrophe that sweeps England out of the comfortable certainties of the Victorian Age into the moral perplexities and harsh economic realities of more modern times. Twenty-five years and hundreds of students later, David Powlett-Jones has survived unexpected personal tragedies, academic intrigues, and professional rivalries to become the compassionate, judicious, beloved headmaster of Bamfylde School, who one day finds himself interviewing an earnest, edgy young man recently invalided out of World War II.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/None. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., Washington Square Press, 1973<

ISBN: 0671555227

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ISBN: 9780671555221

Invoking a vivid panorama of English life & history, To Serve Them All My Days assures the author a secure place in British literature. Young David Powlett-Jones, a Welsh miner's son, inv… More...

Invoking a vivid panorama of English life & history, To Serve Them All My Days assures the author a secure place in British literature. Young David Powlett-Jones, a Welsh miner's son, invalid home from France in 1918, tries his hand at teaching in Devon. Twenty-five years later he's headmaster hiring a jittery young man invalid out of World War II. Between these two wars P.J., as he is affectionately known, has two wives, twin daughters, a son & his share of tragedy. Rife with episodes designed to pluck heartstrings, the authors epic storytelling is resplendent & glorious. Media >, [PU: Simon & Schuster]<