9780393059335 - The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in the Course of History de Conquest, Robert (22 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: As New condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No jacket, as issued. Advance Reading Copy [First Edition]. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. As New condition. Review copy. Softcover. 6" wide by 9.25" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Not a remainder. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp, apparently never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Laid-in is a typed letter from the publisher to Tamar Jacoby [justice editor for Newsweek, deputy editor of the New York Times op-ed page, and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute]. From the rear cover: "A landmark defense of civilization that illuminates the political degradations and intellectual fetishisms of our world. From the author of THE HARVEST OF SORROW and one of the world's most respected humanists comes this long-awaited work of history and philosophy. THE DRAGONS OF EXPECTATION -- in the tradition of Isaiah Berlin's THE CROOKED TIMBER OF HUMANITY and George Orwell's ESSAYS -- brilliantly traces how seductive ideas have come to corrupt modern minds, to often-disastrous effects. From the onset of the Enlightenment to the excesses of democracy, Stalinism, and liberalism, Robert Conquest masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, and the public, showing how their reliance on 'isms' and the destructive concepts of 'People, Nation, and Masses' have resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence and war. Including analyses of Russia's October Revolution, World War II, and the Cold War that challenge common historical views, THE DRAGONS OF EXPECTATION is one of the most important contributions to modern thought in recent years." . Advance Reading Copy [First Edition]. Softcover. As New condition/No jacket, as issued. 272pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

hardcover. Condición: New. New Condition, Hardcover Book,

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New two-toned paper boards with copper lettering to spine in a new dust jacket. 8vo. (6.5 x 1 x 9.25 inches). Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes appendices [2], select bibliography and an index. 272 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. A landmark defense of civilization that illuminates the political degradations and intellectual fetishisms of our world. The publication of The Dragons of Expectation in 2005 reaffirmed Robert Conquest's stature as a leading intellectual and one of the world's great humanists. In the tradition of Isaiah Berlin's The Crooked Timber of Humanity and George Orwell's Essays, this book brilliantly traces how seductive ideas have come to corrupt modern minds; to often disastrous effects. In what Publishers Weekly called "a frontal assault on the pieties of the left," Conquest masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, and the public, showing how their reliance on "isms" and the destructive concepts of "People, Nation, and Masses" have resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence and war. Including fresh analyses of Russia's October Revolution, World War II, and the Cold War, The Dragons of Expectation is one of the most important contributions to modern thought in recent years.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Ed.(U.S.). As New in all respects in a like priced dust jacket. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. Bibliography and index. From the flap:" Devoting more than half of The Dragons of Expectations to an assessment of the world situation at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Conquest ponders the future of the human race and the future, in fact, of civilization." Browse my books: www.abebooks.com/The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed, an ABE Heritage Seller, has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. First Edition. Conquest, Robert : The Dragons Of Expectation: Reality And Delusion In The Course Of History. New York : W W Norton, 2004. First edition/First impression. Octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's green paper spine, burnt orange paper over boards, bright copper lettering to spine, reproduced copper author signature to front board. Glossy color pictorial/photographic dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. Xvi, 256. Notes, index. Condition notes: a clean, excellent, bright first printing in unclipped dustjacket. The prolific and noted sovietologist Conquest credits, of all things, the Elder Edda as a source of inspiration for the title of this work, one of his final - if not the final - historico-political works. Sweeping cultural and historical commentary. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, as new and unread. An exceptional copy of this well received look into the course of history; uncommon in the first printing. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Fine first printing of the first edition housed in a like dust-jacket that has a few soil marks; This book provides an in-depth look at the role of expectations in human history. It explores how expectations have both helped and hindered civilizations throughout the course of history. The author provides examples from both the positive and negative expectations of different civilizations, and discusses how expectations often shape the course of history.; 8vo; 256 pages; MR.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 272 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!