Mr. Mike's Books For Sale -- History & Politics

[013531] Montenegro, Sofía; Jones, Adam. "A Woman and a Rebel": Sofía Montenegro and the Sandinista Revolution. Canada: Self-Published, 1991. Soft Cover. Good 109p. Some minor cover wear and wear on outer corners. $39.95

[013186] De Lanerolle, Nalini. A Reign of Ten Kings: Sri Lanka-The World 500 BC-1200 AD. Sri Lanka: Ceylon Tourist Board, 1999. 5th PB Printing. Soft Cover. Good ISBN: 9559223003. 105p, B&W/color photos and illustrations throughout. Book is approx. 8-1/2" x 11" in size. Some cover wear/rubbing, minor wear. This book presents the major aspects of Sri Lanka's history through the perspective of contemporary developments elsewhere. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA. $14.95

[013948] Tully, Mark; Jacob, Satish. Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi's Last Battle. London, England: Jonathan Cape, 1985. Hard Cover. Good / Good. ISBN: 0224023284. 238p, B&W photos. Some dust jacket wear/edge wear, writing on title page. A look at the military attack on the Golden Temple and the Akal Takht in Amritsar and the consequences of that action. $16.95

[011775] Kaplan, Irving et al. Area Handbook for Mozambique. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / No Jacket. 240p, index. Library stamps/labels, card pocket torn off front endpaper, writing on first page. This looks suspiciously like a CIA publication! $13.95

[013571] Jenkins, Olga Culmer. Bahamian Memories: Island Voices of the Twentieth Century. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0813017793. 280p, B&W photos. Dust jacket has some minor wear/rubbing. A story of the last hundred years of Bahamian history, letting those who lived it tell it. $19.95

[014024] Centeno, Miguel Angel. Blood and Debt: War and the Nation-State in Latin America. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002. Trade Paperback. Acceptable ISBN: 0271023066. 329p, index. Some cover wear/rubbing, HIGHLIGHTING IN COLORED PEN ON MANY PAGES. $16.95

[013225] Temperley, Howard. British Antislavery 1833-1870. London, England: Longmans, 1972. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0582501261. 298p, index. Some cover wear, fading on spine. The British antislavery movement was one of the most important reform movements of history. This study deals with the way in which during the years after 1833, British humanitarians tried to make the attack on slavery an international crusade. $11.95

[013921] Vij, J.R.. Crime and Corruption in India. New Delhi, India: Friends Publishing House, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 8187217006. Published in 1998. 345 pages. Dust jacket has some minor wear/edge wear. The author, a Canadian citizen, looks at critical questions against a background of the growing corruption of the Indian state in the past few decades. $18.95

[013390] Achermann, Eduard. Cry Beloved Africa! A Continent Needs Help. Munich, Germany: African University Studies, 1996. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 3931169197. First published in German in 1993. 265p. Some cover wear/rubbing. This book presents strategies for helping Africa. The author was a missionary and professor of theology in Africa for 30 years. $29.95

[008335] Vanezis, P.N.. Cyprus: The Unfinished Agony. London, England: Abelard Schuman Limited, 1977. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Average / Average. ISBN: 0200725254. 141p. Library stamps/labels, dust jacket covered with adhesive plastic and taped to cover, title/copyright page is missing. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA $9.95

[012410] Bilainkin, George. Destination Tokyo: A Famous Diplomatic Correspondent's Urgent Warning to the West About Tomorrow in Asia. London, England: Odhams Books Ltd., 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. 320p, index, illustrations. Dust jacket wear/edge wear, price corner clipped. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA. $13.95

[013618] Johnson, Bryan. Four Days of Courage: The Untold Story of the Fall of Marcos. Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0771044488. 285p, 8p of B&W photos. Some minor dust jacket wear. Story of the Philippine Revolution by a Canadian reporter who was in the thick of the action. $12.95

[013802] Herzen, Alexander; Budberg, Moura (trans.); Wollheim, Richard (trans.); Berlin, Isaiah (intro.). From the Other Shore & The Russian People and Socialism. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1979. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0192812688. 208p. Some minor cover wear, two stickers on back cover. A collection of essays, dialogues and a letter by the greatest social thinker that Russia ever produced, and one of the most brilliant of all political journalists. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $18.95

[008992] Hill, Robert H. (ed.). Junior Year Book 1964: A Record of the Events, Developments, and Personalities of 1963 (The Arthur Mee Year Book 1964). London, England: Everybody's Publications Limited, 1964. No Stated Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Average. Identified on dust jacket as "The Arthur Mee Year Book 1964." 416p, B&W photos throughout, some color plates. Dust jacket is worn with edge wear and some tears, book has perfumy smell. Includes President Kennedy's assassination, among other things. $11.95

[010055] Lopez-Fresquet, Rufo. My Fourteen Months with Castro. Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1966. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Average. 223p. Dust jacket covered with adhesive plastic and taped to cover, library stamps/labels, tape stains on inside covers. Look at Cuban dictator by man who was Ministry of Treasury in Cuba for 14 months. $9.95

[013826] Ganesan, N.; Hlaing, Kyaw Yin. Myanmar: State, Society and Ethnicity. Singapore; Japan: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Hiroshima Peace Institute, 2007. Soft Cover. Good ISBN: 9789812304339. 311p, index. Book is in good condition, but has highlighting on several pages in light yellow. This volume focuses on some of the most important and topical questions about Myanmar. Many of these issues have not been sufficiently researched, comprehensively compiled, and comparatively examined within the broader Southeast Asian context. Especially important contributions in the book pertain to issues of historical influence and political considerations that have shaped the dominant thinking within the state and the military. There are equally important studies of sensitive topics like the political economy of the state and the level of human security in the country. The three major ethnic groups in the country - Karen, Kachin, and Shan - are also studied in detail. Some of the negotiations between the Karen and Kachin ethnic insurgent group representatives on the one hand, and the military junta on the other, are spelled out in detail. An important corollary finding is the importance of religion and religious personalities in brokering peace between the ethnic groups and the military government. Finally, the book deals with how the various ethnic groups are trying to cope with decades of conflict and reconstruct their communities. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA. $23.95

[010308] Flower, Raymond. Napoleon to Nasser: The Story of Modern Egypt. London, England: Tom Stacey Ltd., 1972. First Printing. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Good. ISBN: 0854682619. 271p, index, B&W photos/illustrations. Library stamps/labels, dust jacket covered with adhesive plastic and taped to cover, card pocket, tape stains on endpapers. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $10.95

[013632] Baron, Cynthia S.; Suazo, Melba M.. Nine Letters: The Story of the 1986 Filipino Revolution. Quezon City, Philippines: Gerardo P. Baron Books, 1986. Trade Paperback. Good 108p, B&W photos throughout. Some minor cover wear, small crease at top of front cover. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. $16.95

[013675] Harasymiw, Bohdan. Post-Communist Ukraine. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2002. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 1895571448. 469p, index. Minor writing and underlining on several pages in the first 120 pages, water stain on outer edge of first 35 pages, otherwise pages are in good condition, some cover wear. This case study will be indispenable to students and scholars of comparative East-European and post-Soviet politics. It is also of great value to anyone interested in learning about contemporary Ukraine from a social-science perspective. $49.95

[013366] Harris, Peter. Reflections on Hong Kong: Life, Work and Politics. Hong Kong: Heinemann Asia, 1981. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 9262250017. 151p. Old price sticker on back cover. This book looks at Hong Kong from four perspectives: environment, economy, society and politics. The author was Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at Hong Kong University. $13.95

[013668] Talbot, Ian; Singh, Gurharpal (eds.). Region and Partition: Bengal, Punjab and the Partition of the Subcontinent . Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2000. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0195793781. Trade paperback. 407p, index. Some cover wear/rubbing. Region and Partition is a book which, for the first time, brings a comparative perspective to the two Muslim majority areas of the subcontinent most affected by the turmoil which followed the British decision to divide and quit in 1947. This collection of papers, most of which were presented at the Fourteenth European Conference of Modem South Asian Studies at Copenhagen University in 1996, provide important new insights into both the mechanisms of boundary drawing and the consequences for the millions of ordinary people caught up in the massacres and migrations. The volume contributes significantly to current historical interest in bringing both a regional dimension to the history of the subcontinent and to the attempt to understand the Partition experience 'from beneath'. Dr lan Talbot is a Reader In South Asian Studies and Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at Coventry University. Dr Gurharpal Singh is a Professor at the Department of Politics and Asian Studies at the University of Hull. Dr Singh and Dr Talbot were founding editors of the International Journal of Punjab Studies. $29.95

[006877] Moore, Christopher. Samuel de Champlain. Toronto, Canada: Grolier Limited, 1985. First Printing. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Average / No Jacket, Printed Cover. ISBN: 071721947X. 48p, B&W photos/illustrations, index. Covered with plastic laminate, stamps/labels, writing in pencil on many pages, cover wear. Part of "Canadian Pathfinders" series, story of early explorer of Canada, aimed at younger readers. $9.95

[013145] Selvan, T.S.. Singapore the Ultimate Island (Lee Kuan Yew's Untold Story). Australia: Freeway Books, 1990. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0646021583. 307p. Some minor wear. A look at Lee Kuan Yew's goals, policies and behavior and their impact on the tiny island nation of Singapore. $9.95

[011235] Mamot, Patricio R.. The Aquino Administration's Baptism of Fire: A Chronicle of Events and Issues of the First Eight Months. Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, 1987. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 9710836196. 674p, B&W photos. Cover wear and creasing on covers, label on inside cover, binding on first few pages is fragile. $16.95

[013676] Chan, Stephen. The Commonwealth in World Politics: A Study of International Action 1965 to 1985. London, England: Lester Crook Academic Publishing, 1988. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 187091502X. 117p. Some dust jacket wear/rubbing. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA. $18.95

[014031] Bourne, Kenneth. The Foreign Policy of Victorian England 1830-1902. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1970. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 019873008X. 531p. Creasing/rubbing on covers, foxing (rust like marks) on outer edges, pages themselves are in good condition. According to the back cover: Dr. Bourne has made full use of the large number of scholarly monographs which have appeared since the only previous survey of the period, R. W. Seton-Watson's Britain in Europe, appeared in 1937. He has extended the subject beyond the frontiers of Europe to Africa, the Far East, and the Americas. Set against the background of England's economic and military power, the book's recurrent theme is the determination of successive governments to preserve maximum freedom of action throughout the world. An introductory chapter explains how this came to be the main preoccupation of Victorian statesmen, and an epilogue carries the story through the process of gradual commitment to the war alliance of 1914. A substantial collection of documents is included. They illustrate the course of Britain's foreign policy and convey something of its style and flavour. Many were previously not easily accessible in print. Dr. Bourne is Reader in International History at The University of London, teaching at the London School of Economics. He has also taught in the United States and his previous book Britain and the Balance of Power in North America 1815-1908 was awarded the Albert B. Corey Prize by the American and Canadian Historical Associations. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA. $39.95

[013546] Editors of the Ukrainian Weekly. The Great Famine in Ukraine: The Unknown Holocaust. Jersey City, NJ: Ukrainian National Association for the National Committee to Commemorate Genocide Victims in Ukraine 1932-33, 1983. Soft Cover. Good 88p, B&W photos throughout. Some cover wear, previous owner has written on inside front cover. Story of the famine in the Ukrainian SSR from 1932-1933, during which millions of inhabitants died of starvation in an unprecedented peacetime catastrophe. $18.95

[013825] Jiawei, Wang; Gyaincain, Nyima. The Historical Status of China's Tibet. China: China Intercontinental Press , 2001. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 7801133048. 334p, B&W illustrations and photos. Some minor cover wear. $12.95

[012679] O'Conroy, Taid. The Menace of Japan. London, England: The Paternoster Library, 1938. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 288p, index. Some cover wear, foxing on outer edges. A startling revelation of the soul of modern Japan. The author portrays a country that in its politics is completely corrupt. He shows that the power is in the hands of a few strong men. In this volume are authenticated stories of the debauchery of the Buddhist priests, unutterable cruelty, sex orgies, of trafficking in human flesh, of baby brokers. $13.95

[013736] Brebner, John Bartlet. The Neutral Yankees of Nova Scotia. Toronto, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Good 327p, index. Some cover wear. Carleton Library No. 45. A book which deals with the question -- why Nova Scotia, which received so many New Englanders in the years after 1760, did not become the fourteenth colony in the American Revolution. $19.95

[013295] Lewis, Flora. The Polish Volcano: A Case History of Hope. London, England: Secker & Warburg, 1959. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Good 267p, illustrated endpapers. Some cover wear, price sticker debris on front cover. A useful and readable account of a momentous and dramatic period in the story of Poland and of Soviet policy in the western borderlands. $9.95

[013918] Moore, Joanna; Mackenzie, Phyllis. The Story of Malaya and Singapore. Singapore: Donald Moore Press Ltd., 1967. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Ex-library book with card pocket on first page. 265p, B&W illustrations throughout. Some minor cover wear/edge wear, pages are in very good condition. $23.95

[010754] Dubé (Dube), Rani; Murari, Timeri (ed.). The Turbulent Years. London, England: Quartet Books, 1978. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0704321610. 159p. Old price on first page, some cover wear. A look at what happened during the 18-month emergency in India under Indira Gandhi's rule. $9.95

[014033] Behera, Ajay Darshan. Violence, Terrorism and Human Security in South Asia. Dhaka, Bangladesh: The University Press Limited, 2008. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: . 252p. Some dust jacket wear, also minor cover wear. BOOK SHIPS FROM USA OR CANADA. How violence and terrorism impact on societies has largely been ignored in mainstream security studies. However, in the post-cold war order, endemic violence has become part of life of people across the world, more so in South Asia. Within the current debates in security studies and efforts to make security conceptions more people-centered, the issue of violence finds some primacy. The concept of "human security" tries to focus on issues related to security of the citizens, and hence on the human costs of violent conflicts. This study tries to understand how violence and terrorism affect people's security in South Asia. It builds a new framework of security that does not view "human security" as opposed to state security. Rather, it views "human security" as an integrative concept that complements state security. The new framework of security focuses on the threats that organized violence poses to not only states and regimes but also to citizens and society. This book furthers the debate on the concept of "human security" and also unravels the complexities of the impact of terrorism on South Asian societies. $49.95