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![Text Box: Communism in Action, A documented study and analysis of communism in operation in the Soviet Union prepared under the direction of Rep. Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois Compiled by Griffith, Ernest F., Head, Legislative Reference Service 1946. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. Congressman Dirksen seeks to educate farmers and other Americans with knowledge of how communism really works in the Soviet Union. Detailed analysis just at end of World War II, as communism started to make gains all over Europe. 141 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper pamphlet, stamped on title page: "Compliments of Ralph E. Church, MC, Illinois" and on back "Pamphlet library of M.v. Halushka." Good. (6021) $15.00. Cold War/History
Communist Propaganda in America, Reports on; As submitted to the State Department, United States Government by William Green, President, American Federation of Labor. 1934. Washington, DC: American Federation of Labor. Report submitted to President F.D. Roosevelt prior to recognition of the Russian Soviet Regime, Nov. 10, 1933. Shows organization of the Communist network in U.S.A., List of Moscow's "Internationals" and their American Subordinate Branches. Examples of U.S. communist propaganda. 88 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet with tape spine, 1 cm tear in spine, slight stain, stamp: "Boston College High School Domestic Library". Ex-lib. Very good. (5380) $15.00 History/Communism/USSR
Confuse and Control; Soviet Techniques in Germany; Department of State Publication 4107; European and British Commonwealth Series 17, released April 1951 Washington, DC: Superintendent of Documents. Just six years after destruction of Germany at end of World War II, this English-language booklet shows how USSR has become the new "public enemy" in the two Germanies. Describes Soviet propaganda against Berlin airlift. Misleading phrases of Communist propaganda. Booklet aims to give American readers an outline of the communist operations in Germany, and means the Western Powers and democratic Germans are able to use to resist communist pressure. 108 pp. 13 x 19.5 cm. Paper booklet, cover slightly faded, very good. (6477) $17.00. Cold War/Anti-Communism
Drawings of a Draftee, inscribed by author by J.B. Dobbs, ca. 1955. Author was drafted into the Army on election day, 1952. He produced graphic drawings of life in post World War II Germany, and of life in the Army. 36 pp. 25 x 16 cm. Paper booklet bound with plastic spiral rings. Very good. (5642) $21.00. History/Military
East and West Facts from Behind the Iron Curtain; Technique of Economic Sovietisation-- a Baltic Experience by Kareda, Endel 1947 London, England: Boreas Publishing Co. This is the story of Estonia, forcibly swallowed by the USSR at the start of World War II. Author uses many statistics to show miserable performance of USSR. 128 pp. 14 x 22 cm. Paper booklet, numerous light pencil marks throughout. Thus, good. (3217) $16.00. History/Economics
Edward Lamb on "Trial by Battle", the Case History of a Washington Witch-Hunt by Lamb, Edward 1964 New York, NY: The Fund for the Republic. One of a series of Occasional Papers by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Introduction by Harry S. Ashmore. Edward Lamb, labor lawyer, publisher, broadcaster, relates how he was dropped into the McCarthy Communist Witch-Hunt Proceedings. In 1952 he had been prominently identified with the Adlai Stevenson Presidential Campaign, and 1953 was the start of a Republican administration. August Scholle. Louis Budenz. Joseph Kintner. Edward T. Cheyfitz. Nelson Meagley. Marie Natvig. Anti-Communist. 24 pp. 21 x 28 cm. Paper booklet, lightly soiled, very good. (6424) $19.00. Cold War/History/Anti-Communism
Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate on S.1263, part 3, Authorizations, May 8, 9, 15, 16, 18; June 7 and 8, 1973. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Records detailed testimony of General Peter G. Olenchuk, Director of Material Acquisition, Department of the Army, DCS Logistics, before Senators Symington, Thurmond, Saxbe, Nunn, Scott. 520 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, light wear, spine sunfaded, good. From the library of General Peter G. Olenchuk. (2804) $15.00. History
Hitler Marches in the Soviet Zone of Germany by Otto. Bertram 1961 Bonn, Germany: Berto-Verlag G.M.B.H. Book of excellent photos of Nazi era and Soviet era show how Hitler's regime is re-created by Soviets in their zone of Germany under Ulbricht. Same no-choice elections, Same dullness. Same marching troops. Same police state. Very skilful, sometimes funny anti-Soviet propaganda. 94 pp. 24 x 22 cm. Paper booklet, cover shows photos of Nazi troops marching for Hitler and Soviet troops marching with same goose-step. Cover shows moderate wear, very good. (6546) $22.00. Cold War/Communism
Human Rights Issue at the San Francisco Conference, The; Was it a Victory? Reprinted from The Menorah Journal, Spring, 1946 by Janowsky, Oscar I. 1946 New York, NY: The Menorah Association. After World War I the Minorities Treaties were hailed as the Magna Carta of the weak and oppressed. Today (1946) minority rights are passé. We were excited at the passage of a Human Rights Declaration and its inclusion in the United Nations Organization charter. However, that enthusiasm was premature. The commitment was couched in broad and general terms. There is no means for defining whose rights, what rights, and no means for enforcing the protection of human rights. 55 pp. 18 x 25.5 cm. Paper booklet with some dampstaining on cover, very good. (5961) $15.00. Cold War/History/United Nations
Hurricane Carol Lashes Rhode Island August 31, 1954 by Hale, Stuart G. and many other writers. 1954 Providence, RI: Providence Journal Company. Photos and text tell of Hurricane that left 16 dead and $100 million damage along the Rhode Island Coast. Photos show flooding in downtown Providence, seas breaking over Edgewood Yacht Club, boats piled high at Rhode Island Yacht Club, smashed boats and cottages at East Matunuck area, Lobster pots floating up State Street in Bristol, more. 80 pp. 21 x 28 cm. Paper publication, very good. (7378) $19.00. History/Cold War Era
Iran Today, A Quarterly Review, Vol. I No. 1 published by the Department General of Information and Broadcasting, Tehran, Iran ca. 1956 Tehran, Iran: Dept. General of Information & Broadcasting. This magazine-format booklet features full-page photos of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi and Queen Sorayya (Soraya). History of Iran. Persian culture. Zoor Khaneh. Olympic Success in 1948 games. Woman of Iran, photo of Queen in fur coat, inspecting women at evening class. Photos of visits by Iskandar Mirza of Pakistan, Sokarno of Indonesia, Conrad Adenauer of West Germany and Camille Chamoun, of Lebanon. Radio Tehran broadcast schedule. 48 pp. 21 x 29 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (7760) 24.00. Cold War/History
"Kennedy Dead" Newark Star-Ledger, November 23, 1963, Final Edition Newark, NJ: Newark Star-Ledger, S.I. Newhouse, Publisher. Headline: "Kennedy Dead, Johnson sworn in on plane" Photo shows Johnson being sworn in, flanked by Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Johnson, with Cong. Jack B. Brooks in background. Also, "Castroite held as assassin suspect," with photo of Lee Harvey Oswald, 24. Much of issue devoted to Kennedy. . 18 pp. 39 x 60 cm. Newspaper, slightly browned with age, good. (4996) $16.00. History/Cold War
Last Parallel, The; A Marine's War Journal. Second printing. by Russ, Martin. ©1957. New York, NY: Rinehart & Company. Journal kept by a 21-year-old marine during training, then combat in Korea with the First Marine Division. 333 pp. 14 x 20 cm. Paper on board, with cloth spine, very slight wear, owner names on front pastedown and free endpaper. Very good. Dustjacket worn with chips. Fair. (3367) $15.00. History/Korean War/Marines
London Coronation Guides & Maps 1953. London, England: A.P.S.O., Ltd. Loaded with information for coronation; color photo of Queen Elizabeth, photos of crowns, several maps of London, Underground, bus routes, theatres; lists for shopping, restaurants; royal line; photos of Royal family. 12 x 18 cm. Paper booklet, three lines of notes on back cover, very good. (5176) $17.00. History/England
MacArthur's Address to Congress, April 19, 1951, Washington, DC MacArthur, Gen. Douglas 1951 Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co. Douglas MacArthur, having been fired from his job as Commander of United Nations forces in the Korean Warby President Truman, returned to Washington to a hero's welcome and spoke before the Congress. This was his famous "old soldiers never die; they just fade away" speech. Includes photos and highlights of MacArthur's career. 36 pp. 12 x 16 cm. Paper on board, very good. No dj. (6144) $19.00. Cold War/History
Marxism and Alienation, A Symposium, Monograph Series No. 2 Aptheker, Herbert, Editor 1965 New York, NY: American Institute for Marxist Studies. This volume contains papers presented originally in the summer of 1964 at the World Fellowship Camp in Conway, NH. Papers concentrate upon the nature and meaning of alienation in the modern world, and all find the Marxian approach especially illuminating. Papers by Gaylord C. LeRoy, Herbert Aptheker, Sidney Finkelstein, Howard D. Langford, Howard L. Parsons, Miklós Almasi and T.I. Oiserman. 158 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Red cloth on board, very good. No dustjacket. (6929) $17.00. Cold War/Marxism
Marxism: J.V. Stalin-- Marxism and Problems of Linguistics by Stalin, J.V. 1972 Peking, People's Republic of China Foreign Languages Press Stalin's essay was originally published in Pravda on June 20, 1920. This is an English-language reprint, from the PRC, of a 1954 publication. This is presented in dense, obscure questions and answers. Magnificent example of Soviet propaganda. 55 pp. 13 x 18 cm. Paperback, very good. (6935) $15.00. Cold War/Marxism/Stalin
Military Words with Pictures, prepared by the Troop Information and Education Section HQ-AFFE; FEC Pamphlet 12-10 ca. 1953 Department of the Army. This booklet was produced to assist soldiers with limited education or knowledge of English to learn basic military vocabulary, during large military buildup to fight the war in Korea. Pictures and text are very basic. "Slit trench is a long, narrow hole. [ Picture of hole.] This soldier is not in his slit trench. [Picture of helmet in hole.].. The bombers are high in the air. They are dropping bombs. This is a bomb. This is a mine. The soldier steps on a mine. The mine explodes.” 71 pp. 20 x 26 cm. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, good. (6839) $17.00. Cold War/Military
Narodnya Volya (People's Will), Organ of Revolutionary-Democratic Thought (Russia is ours! Russia of the past is ours! Russia of the future is also ours!) Tuesday, 12 January 1954. [In Russian] Balashov, A., Editor. Munich, Germany: Soyuzom Borbiy za Osvobozhdyeniye Narodov Rossii. Anti-Soviet Propaganda newspaper published in Munich, West Germany. Headlines: "Spring begins in January" and "Legacy of the Last Year" discusses the world political situation in Korea and Indo-China; the plight of the French in Indo-China; a "Brilliant speech" by President Eisenhower at the United Nations Organization about international control of atomic energy. "Dvye Storoniy Medali" (Two sides of the Medal) from the American Committee for Liberation from Bolshevism. Report of message by President Eisenhower to Congress, on support for nations of the free world and anticommunist states, including Indo-China and Chiang Kai Shek's Chinese government (Taiwan). 4 pp. 34 x 50 cm. Newspaper, very good. (7825) $15.00. Cold War/Newspapers
Nixon: Richard M. Nixon Thumbnail Biography; Henry Cabot Lodge Thumbnail Biography ca. 1960 Washington, DC: Republican National Committee. Leaflet for Republican candidates for 1960 election, Kennedy vs. Nixon. Kennedy won the election, but Nixon was elected president in 1968. 2 pp. 9 x 22 cm. Paper leaflet, very good. (6450) $12.00. Cold War/Biography
Once More About the Historical Experience of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Article published in Jenminjihpao, Dec. 29, 1956 1957 Moscow, USSR: Foreign Languages Publishing House. An appraisal of the fundamental course of the revolution and construction in the Soviet Union; appraisal of Stalin's merits and errors; struggle against dogmatism. 43 pp. 12 x 20 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (2997) $15.00. History/communism.
Paintings from the Berlin Museums Exhibited in Cooperation with the Department of the Army, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 17-June 12, 1948 New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalogue for exhibition of 150 masterpieces from Kaiser Friedrich Museum and Nationalgalerie, Berlin, part of cache recovered by Gen. Patton's Third Army in 1945. 68 pp. 17 x 25 cm. Paper booklet, color frontispiece of Rembrandt painting, all others in black and white. Very good. (3294) $15.50. History/Art
Pravda, Organ Tsentral'novo Komityeta I MK BKP(b), Sunday, March 9, 1952 [Pravda, in Russian] 1952 Moscow, USSR: Pravda. Soviet Government newspaper, lead headline: "Meeting of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR".Inside this edition are 3 1/4 pages devoted to presentation of State Budget at Meeting of Supreme Soviet. Text of many speeches. Story on International Women's Day --meeting yesterday in Bolshoi Theatre. "International Review" notes that the USSR is presenting a budget devoted to improving the material and cultural level of workers, while the "Ruling Circles" of the USA are dedicating their budgetary efforts toward preparing for a world war. Story from Pekin reports that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples' Republic of China, Chou En-lai, is protesting the Application of Biological Weapons by the USA, and encroachment by American aviation in the air space of China. Also from Pekin is a TASS story from the Chinese News Agency's Correspondent at the Korean front, reporting on the Continuation of the American Agressors' use of biological weapons in Korea. From Budapest is report from Grossmeister V. Ragozin of the International Chess Tournament, led by Soviet Master Geller, who defeated Herr Platz of the German Democratic Republic on the 34th move. 6 pp. 43 x 60 cm. Newspaper, top right corner of front page is sun browned, else good. (7824) $16.00. Cold War/Newspapers
Propaganda Comes of Age, by Choukas, Michael with Foreword by Hadley Cantril ©1965. Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press. Very readable, if academic, discussion on sophistication of propaganda, written by man who used propaganda during World War II. 299 pp. 16 x 23 cm. Cloth on board, excellent. Owner has entered some underlining in red ink and circled some drawings. Thus, fair condition. (0939) $18.00. History.
Rapports et Resolutions Du Bureau d'Information Des Partis Communistes et Ouvriers, novembre 1949 [in French] Reports and Resolutions of the Bureau of Information of the Communist Party by Souslov, M; Togilatti, P.; Gheorghiu-Dej,G. 1949 Paris, France: S.E.D.I.C., S.A.R.L. Reports by three famed international communists: M. Souslov: "La Defense de la Paix et la Lutte Contre Les Faueurs de Guerre"; Togliatti: "L'Unite de la Class Ouvriere et les Taches des partis Comunistes et Ouvriers"; Gheorghiu-Dej: "Le Parti Comuniste Yougoslave au Pouvoir des Assassins et des Espions". 64 pp. 13 x 20 cm. Paper booklet, 1 x 3 cm chip missing from cover, text block paper brown and brittle, poor. (5945) $15.00. Cold War/History
Road Ahead, The -- To Socialism; America's Creeping Revolution, Unabridged special edition by Flynn, John T. 1950 New York, NY: The Committee for Constitutional Government, Inc. America is t raveling along the road to its destruction. It is now beginning to seep into the minds of our people that we could have an economic crisis here even before this cold war ends. The Fabian Dream. The Socialist Reality. The War on the South. How Communists are trying to stir up racial hatred, to capture Negro votes. 207 pp. 12.5 x 18.6 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (5618) $16.00. History/Anti-Socialism
Sikhs: A Brief Account; second edition by Singh, Ganda, M.A., Ph.D. 1959 Amritsar, India: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. How the Sikh community was formed, its history, goals, aspirations, and comments on the Urdu press, demand for a Panjabi Suba from India. 66 pp. 12 x 18 cm. Paper booklet, owner name on cover. Very good. (3272) $16.00. History/India/Sikhs
Soviet Union...Soviet Navy Posters:
Voyenniye Zavyetiy V.I. Lenina (the Military Legacy of V.I. Lenin) ca. 1975 Moscow, USSR: Each poster 24 x 30 cm. Paper propaganda poster, very good. (3903) $15.00. History/Propaganda/Soviet Union
Osnovoi Osnov (the Basic Fundamentals) Poster, in Russian: "The basic fundamental of the military structure is the leadership of the Communist party upon the Armed Forces, reinforcing the role and influence of party organizations in the army and the fleet." (3904) $15.00
Zabotoi Partii, Zabotoi Naroda (Care of the party, care of the people) Poster, in Russian: "Following the legacy of Lenin, we will further strengthen the defense of the Motherland, to fit out the army with the most modern armaments.--L.I. Brezhnev" (3905) $15.00
Glavnaya Zadacha (The Main Task) Poster, in Russian: "All, that is created by the people, should be safely defended. --From the summary report of the Central Committee of the CPSU, XXIV party congress." (3906) $15.00
Voyennaya Prisyaga (Military Oath) Poster, in Russian: "I, a citizen of the USSR, stepping forth in the ranks of the Armed Forces, take the oath and solemnly vow to be honorable…" (3907) $15.00
Matros' Obyazan (The sailor's duty) Poster, in Russian: The sailor's duty is (a) to be disciplined, sternly and accurately observe all demands, the establishment of laws... (b) To accurately and quickly to fulfill the orders of leaders… (3908) $15.00
K Noviym Rubezham (To new borders) Poster, in Russian: "The personnel of the Navy watchfully stands watch for the preservation of the sea borders of the Soviet Union…" (3909) $15.00](image585.gif)