2011, ISBN: 6605bbc47fc871ac004683c6d1d9f05c

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Edward Stanford, London, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two disbound map sheets, both with horizontal centre folds, from "The University Atlas of… Mehr…

Edward Stanford, London, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two disbound map sheets, both with horizontal centre folds, from "The University Atlas of Classical and Modern Geography, including all the Recent Geographical Discoveries". Sheets are titled "The World, as known to the Ancients. Sheet I." and "The World, as known to the Ancients. Sheet II.". Area covered includes Europa (Europe), Libya, Northern Africa, Arabia, Asia, India, Scythia, Terra Incognita, India Extra Gangem, etc. Both sheets are lightly foxed and have slightly darkened edges. Some wear and minor damage to edges and corners. Folds are slightly split at both ends. Folds are a little fragile. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45019044001. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.., Edward Stanford, 1857, 2.5, London: Hollis & Carter, 1961. First Edition, Early Impression. Profusely illustrated with 15 illustrations throughout. 8vo, publishers orange boards, lettered in gilt on the spine. 256, fold-out map pp. A very good copy with mild toning to the spine. A FINE BIOGRAPHY with significant chapters on the course of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks and the peace conference and agreements which followed. The book is well illistrated throughout and includes a folding map at the end of the volume., Hollis & Carter, 1961, 0, Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2007. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Georgiana Goodwin (jacket image). xxiii, [1], 312 pages. Endpaper map. Prologue. Introduction. Seventeen Chapters. Epilogue. Appendix A: How It All Started: The Historic Frisch-Peierls Memorandum. Appendix B: Glossary of Terms. Index. Al J. Venter birthname Albertus Johannes Venter (born 25 November 1938) is a South African war journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author of more than fifty books who also served as an Africa and Middle East correspondent for Jane's International Defence Review. Venter has reported on a number of wars in Africa, starting with the Nigerian Civil War in 1965. He has published two books on nuclear proliferation, in particular from South Africa to Iran. In the 1970s, Venter also reported in Uganda while under the reign of Idi Amin. Venter cumulatively spent several years reporting on events in the Middle East, fluctuating between Israel and a beleaguered Lebanon torn by factional Islamic/Christian violence. He was with the Israeli invasion force when they entered Beirut in 1982. He covered hostilities in Rhodesia, the Sudan, Angola, the South African Border War, the Congo as well as Portuguese Guinea,. He also spent time in Somalia with the US Army helicopter air wing in the early 1990s. He wrote one of the first books on the developing guerrilla wars in Central and Southern Africa. That was The Terror Fighters, published by the British company Purnells in Cape Town in 1969. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: The peril of nuclear proliferation is urgent and intractable, argues journalist Venter in this sprawling exposwhich examines the supply and demand side of the international nuclear black market. Iran, Venter contends, is the most determined and-given its anti-Israel animus-dangerous seeker of nuclear weapons, but al-Qaeda is in the market, as are possibly Saudi Arabia, Syria, Algeria and Egypt. Underpinning their ambitions is a dense web of suppliers, centered on the Pakistani proliferation entrepreneur A.Q. Khan. His network is a dark caricature of globalization, bringing together stolen fissile material from the former Soviet republics, European nuclear technology, Pakistani uranium-enrichment expertise, nuclear-capable North Korean missile designs and know-how from Russia, China, South Africa and elsewhere. With so much support and lax oversight by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Venter warns, covert nuclear-weapons programs like Iran's are far more advanced than is generally understood. Meticulously tracing who sold what to whom, Venter offers a comprehensive account of the industry, complete with sketchy sidebars on nuclear science and engineering and diagrams of atom bombs, centrifuges and missiles. The welter of details about proliferation's intricate maze make Venter's book a useful introduction to this complex issue., The Lyons Press, 2007, 3, New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xxxviii, [4], 849, [5] pages. Maps. Note about Transliteration. Cast of Characters. Appendices. Notes. Index. Peter Tomsen (born November 19, 1940), is a retired American diplomat and educator, serving as United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, and United States Ambassador to Armenia between 1995 and 1998. Ambassador Tomsen's thirty-two year diplomatic career emphasized South and Central Asia, Northeast Asia and the former Soviet Union. Ambassador Tomsen entered the Foreign Service in 1967. He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1993 - 1995, and was United States ambassador to the Republic of Armenia from 1995 to 1998. He was deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, spanning from 1985 to 1989. He served in the political-military office of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, 1967 - 1968. After a year of Vietnamese language training in Washington in early 1969, he was assigned to the U.S. Civilian-Military Advisory Organization in Vietnam, 1969 - 1970. He was a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, 1971 - 1975; a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, 1977 - 1978; and a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, 1981 - 1983. From 1984 to 1987, he served in the Department of State as office director of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Derived from a Kirkus review: Former special presidential envoy to Afghanistan takes the long view of the political failures in that country and suggests a more hands-off U.S. approach, especially in checking Pakistan. After a distinguished career in foreign service, Tomsen served as President George H.W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, during a time of building an Afghan consensus following the Soviet withdrawal. The author fashions an ambitious, wide-ranging, informed historical overview as well as a detailed record of his work. Afghanistan has geographically operated as a "buffer" state between powerful, marauding empires, such as those by Alexander the Great, the Mongols, Mughals and Persians, creating what Tomsen calls a "shatter zone," isolating the nomadic tribes from global currents. The British empire used the country for criss-crossing rather than imperial acquisition, and Afghanistan remained factiously independent and resistant to repeated foreign onslaughts. The author examines the Afghan tribal and religious makeup, especially the friction between Pashtunwali and Sharia law. Tomsen examines the disastrous invasion by the Soviet Union in 1978, coinciding with the rise of a radical Wahhabi ideology in Saudi Arabia. Pakistan became the refuge of the Mujahidin, the "freedom fighters" largely supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia-and therein lay the problem, the author asserts. The U.S. aid package to Pakistan's General Zia starting with the "Reagan Doctrine" of 1980 essentially funded an "unholy alliance" of Islamist extremists such as Osama bin Laden and the Taliban--all who have come back to haunt America in the wake of 9/11. Tomsen warns of the current dangers in continuing to "outsource" American Afghan policy to Pakistan, and instead sets forth a detailed, cogent plan involving tougher conditions to bolster a more autonomous Afghanistan., PublicAffairs, 2011, 3<

2011, ISBN: 6605bbc47fc871ac004683c6d1d9f05c

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[EAN: 0097815867638], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: PublicAffairs, New York], AFGHANISTAN, AFGHAN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, AL-QAEDA, TERRORISM, TALIBAN, BIN LADEN, CIA, CENTRAL INTELLIGE… Mehr…

[EAN: 0097815867638], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: PublicAffairs, New York], AFGHANISTAN, AFGHAN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, AL-QAEDA, TERRORISM, TALIBAN, BIN LADEN, CIA, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, DOSTUM, DURRANI, GAILANI, HEKMATYAR, ABDUL HAQ, HAMID GUL, INTER-SERVICES INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE, ISI, BABRAK KARMAL, ISLAMIC RADICALS, HAMI, Jacket, xxxviii, [4], 849, [5] pages. Maps. Note about Transliteration. Cast of Characters. Appendices. Notes. Index. Peter Tomsen (born November 19, 1940), is a retired American diplomat and educator, serving as United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, and United States Ambassador to Armenia between 1995 and 1998. Ambassador Tomsen's thirty-two year diplomatic career emphasized South and Central Asia, Northeast Asia and the former Soviet Union. Ambassador Tomsen entered the Foreign Service in 1967. He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1993 - 1995, and was United States ambassador to the Republic of Armenia from 1995 to 1998. He was deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, spanning from 1985 to 1989. He served in the political-military office of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, 1967 - 1968. After a year of Vietnamese language training in Washington in early 1969, he was assigned to the U.S. Civilian-Military Advisory Organization in Vietnam, 1969 - 1970. He was a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, 1971 - 1975; a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, 1977 - 1978; and a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, 1981 - 1983. From 1984 to 1987, he served in the Department of State as office director of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Derived from a Kirkus review: Former special presidential envoy to Afghanistan takes the long view of the political failures in that country and suggests a more hands-off U.S. approach, especially in checking Pakistan. After a distinguished career in foreign service, Tomsen served as President George H.W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, during a time of building an Afghan consensus following the Soviet withdrawal. The author fashions an ambitious, wide-ranging, informed historical overview as well as a detailed record of his work. Afghanistan has geographically operated as a "buffer" state between powerful, marauding empires, such as those by Alexander the Great, the Mongols, Mughals and Persians, creating what Tomsen calls a "shatter zone," isolating the nomadic tribes from global currents. The British empire used the country for criss-crossing rather than imperial acquisition, and Afghanistan remained factiously independent and resistant to repeated foreign onslaughts. The author examines the Afghan tribal and religious makeup, especially the friction between Pashtunwali and Sharia law. Tomsen examines the disastrous invasion by the Soviet Union in 1978, coinciding with the rise of a radical Wahhabi ideology in Saudi Arabia. Pakistan became the refuge of the Mujahidin, the "freedom fighters" largely supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia-and therein lay the problem, the author asserts. The U.S. aid package to Pakistan's General Zia starting with the "Reagan Doctrine" of 1980 essentially funded an "unholy alliance" of Islamist extremists such as Osama bin Laden and the Taliban--all who have come back to haunt America in the wake of 9/11. Tomsen warns of the current dangers in continuing to "outsource" American Afghan policy to Pakistan, and instead sets forth a detailed, cogent plan involving tougher conditions to bolster a more autonomous Afghanistan. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]., Books<

2011, ISBN: 6605bbc47fc871ac004683c6d1d9f05c

New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xxxviii, [4], 849, [5] pages. Maps. Note about Transliteration. Cast o… Mehr…

New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xxxviii, [4], 849, [5] pages. Maps. Note about Transliteration. Cast of Characters. Appendices. Notes. Index. Peter Tomsen (born November 19, 1940), is a retired American diplomat and educator, serving as United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, and United States Ambassador to Armenia between 1995 and 1998. Ambassador Tomsen's thirty-two year diplomatic career emphasized South and Central Asia, Northeast Asia and the former Soviet Union. Ambassador Tomsen entered the Foreign Service in 1967. He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1993 - 1995, and was United States ambassador to the Republic of Armenia from 1995 to 1998. He was deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, spanning from 1985 to 1989. He served in the political-military office of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, 1967 - 1968. After a year of Vietnamese language training in Washington in early 1969, he was assigned to the U.S. Civilian-Military Advisory Organization in Vietnam, 1969 - 1970. He was a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, 1971 - 1975; a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, 1977 - 1978; and a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, 1981 - 1983. From 1984 to 1987, he served in the Department of State as office director of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Derived from a Kirkus review: Former special presidential envoy to Afghanistan takes the long view of the political failures in that country and suggests a more hands-off U.S. approach, especially in checking Pakistan. After a distinguished career in foreign service, Tomsen served as President George H.W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, during a time of building an Afghan consensus following the Soviet withdrawal. The author fashions an ambitious, wide-ranging, informed historical overview as well as a detailed record of his work. Afghanistan has geographically operated as a "buffer" state between powerful, marauding empires, such as those by Alexander the Great, the Mongols, Mughals and Persians, creating what Tomsen calls a "shatter zone," isolating the nomadic tribes from global currents. The British empire used the country for criss-crossing rather than imperial acquisition, and Afghanistan remained factiously independent and resistant to repeated foreign onslaughts. The author examines the Afghan tribal and religious makeup, especially the friction between Pashtunwali and Sharia law. Tomsen examines the disastrous invasion by the Soviet Union in 1978, coinciding with the rise of a radical Wahhabi ideology in Saudi Arabia. Pakistan became the refuge of the Mujahidin, the "freedom fighters" largely supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia-and therein lay the problem, the author asserts. The U.S. aid package to Pakistan's General Zia starting with the "Reagan Doctrine" of 1980 essentially funded an "unholy alliance" of Islamist extremists such as Osama bin Laden and the Taliban--all who have come back to haunt America in the wake of 9/11. Tomsen warns of the current dangers in continuing to "outsource" American Afghan policy to Pakistan, and instead sets forth a detailed, cogent plan involving tougher conditions to bolster a more autonomous Afghanistan., PublicAffairs, 2011, 3<

2011, ISBN: 6605bbc47fc871ac004683c6d1d9f05c

New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xxxviii, [4], 849, [5] pages. Maps. Note about Transliteration. Cast o… Mehr…

New York: PublicAffairs, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xxxviii, [4], 849, [5] pages. Maps. Note about Transliteration. Cast of Characters. Appendices. Notes. Index. Peter Tomsen (born November 19, 1940), is a retired American diplomat and educator, serving as United States Special Envoy to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, and United States Ambassador to Armenia between 1995 and 1998. Ambassador Tomsen's thirty-two year diplomatic career emphasized South and Central Asia, Northeast Asia and the former Soviet Union. Ambassador Tomsen entered the Foreign Service in 1967. He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1993 - 1995, and was United States ambassador to the Republic of Armenia from 1995 to 1998. He was deputy chief of mission of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, spanning from 1985 to 1989. He served in the political-military office of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, 1967 - 1968. After a year of Vietnamese language training in Washington in early 1969, he was assigned to the U.S. Civilian-Military Advisory Organization in Vietnam, 1969 - 1970. He was a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, 1971 - 1975; a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, 1977 - 1978; and a political officer of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, 1981 - 1983. From 1984 to 1987, he served in the Department of State as office director of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Derived from a Kirkus review: Former special presidential envoy to Afghanistan takes the long view of the political failures in that country and suggests a more hands-off U.S. approach, especially in checking Pakistan. After a distinguished career in foreign service, Tomsen served as President George H.W. Bush's ambassador to Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992, during a time of building an Afghan consensus following the Soviet withdrawal. The author fashions an ambitious, wide-ranging, informed historical overview as well as a detailed record of his work. Afghanistan has geographically operated as a "buffer" state between powerful, marauding empires, such as those by Alexander the Great, the Mongols, Mughals and Persians, creating what Tomsen calls a "shatter zone," isolating the nomadic tribes from global currents. The British empire used the country for criss-crossing rather than imperial acquisition, and Afghanistan remained factiously independent and resistant to repeated foreign onslaughts. The author examines the Afghan tribal and religious makeup, especially the friction between Pashtunwali and Sharia law. Tomsen examines the disastrous invasion by the Soviet Union in 1978, coinciding with the rise of a radical Wahhabi ideology in Saudi Arabia. Pakistan became the refuge of the Mujahidin, the "freedom fighters" largely supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia-and therein lay the problem, the author asserts. The U.S. aid package to Pakistan's General Zia starting with the "Reagan Doctrine" of 1980 essentially funded an "unholy alliance" of Islamist extremists such as Osama bin Laden and the Taliban--all who have come back to haunt America in the wake of 9/11. Tomsen warns of the current dangers in continuing to "outsource" American Afghan policy to Pakistan, and instead sets forth a detailed, cogent plan involving tougher conditions to bolster a more autonomous Afghanistan., PublicAffairs, 2011, 3<

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Thus there is neither any reason for conceit nor self-contempt. This is obscured by veils that are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the nature of the mind.… Mehr…

Thus there is neither any reason for conceit nor self-contempt. This is obscured by veils that are removable and do not touch the inherent purity and perfection of the nature of the mind. This seminal text details with great clarity the view that forms the basis for Vajrayana, and especially Mahamudra, practice. Neuwertig, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice]<