William C. Sturtevant, General Editor; Raymond J. DeMallie, Volume 13 editor. Describes the prehistory, history, and culture of the aboriginal peoples who lived in the region of tall-grass prairies and short-grass high plains of North America. Note: Preface indicates mistakenly that this is the twelfth volume in a 20 volume set. 2 parts in two books, sold as a set.

United States Report: Plains (Volume 13) (Handbook of North American Indians Series, Volume 13)

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 The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity of the United States Government. This volume is part of a subseries of the Foreign Relations of the United States that documents the most issues in the foreign policy of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, 1969-1972. This volume on the Soviet Union provides a summary account of U.S.-Soviet worldwide confrontation, competition, and cooperation during the 8 months it covers.  The administration of Richard M. Nixon presented an even more pressing argument to look at the U.S.-Soviet relationship in its broadest, global context.  President Nixon created a secret, private channel of dialogue and negotiations between the president’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry A. Kissinger, and the Soviet Ambassador in Washington, Anatoly F. Dobrynin.  The documentary record of that channel is presented in its entirety in this volume, as well as a virtually complete record of the Moscow Summit.  In his relations with Moscow, President Nixon insisted on linkage of other issues e.g., Vietnam, the Middle East, South Asia, Arms Control, or trade, with improvements in U.S.-Soviet Relations.  The President also employed triangular diplomacy – Nixon offered to it as “the game” –to put pressure on the Soviet Union by improving U.S. relations with the People’s Republic of China, while denying to Soviet officials that he was doing so. Finally in 1972, Richard Nixon made his first Presidential visit to Moscow and signed a number of agreements with the Soviet Union that initiated a period of détente.  These new initiatives and extensive connections between the two superpowers required a redesign of Foreign Relations coverage of the Soviet Union.  The number of documents printed and the scope of their content greatly expanded.  There are five volumes for the Soviet Union within the Nixon-Ford subseries, 1969-1976, three of which document the crucial first Nixon Administration.  These volumes document U.S.-Soviet relations worldwide and more accurately reflect the global nature of the Cold War. 

Foreign Relations of the United States: 1969-1976: Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1972 (Volume 14)

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT --OVERSTOCK  SALE-- Significantly reduced list price The book reprints a diary found in the Naval War College archives of Joseph K. Taussig, later a distinguished U.S. naval officer, kept when as a naval cadet (midshipman and junior officer) he participated in the Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and Boxer Rebellion.  The text is supported by helpful editorial notes and introduction, as well as by numerous period photographs and the diarist’s sketches of the scenes and events. In this new volume covering the years 1898 to 1901, Dr. Cherpak has made a significant contribution to American naval history with the publication of these diaries. Vastly different in approach and sophistication of observation from those of more senior officers, these diaries capture the viewpoint and growing professional understanding of a young man during his very first experiences of wartime operations. In the years between 1882 and 1902, the U.S. Naval Academy did not use the titles “Midshipman” or “Passed Midshipman” for officers and naval engineers in training, employing the term “Naval Cadet” until the more traditional title was restored on 1 July 1902. During these years, the Naval Academy’s academic program lasted six years. The first four years were spent at Annapolis, the next two at sea. In part 1 of this book, Taussig writes while still in the first phase of his education at Annapolis. Taussig’s very rough and impressionistic notes of his first experiences of naval operations during the Spanish-American War, in 1898, are interesting for the manner in which they document some of the typical attitudes and interests of a novice, while also providing the modern reader with a fascinating viewpoint on the war.In part 2, Taussig has already finished his Annapolis years (in early 1899) and is beginning his two years of required sea duty before returning to Annapolis to take his final examination and to await a vacancy for promotion to ensign. During the entire period recorded in part 2 Taussig is still a naval cadet and has yet to take hisfinal promotion examination. He does that, but only in mid-1901, after the commanding officer of USS Culgoa (in the final entry printed in this book) allows him to proceed to that step, with the words, “An Excellent Journal. Approved.” In part 2 Taussig’s journals for 1899–1901 contrast with his first journal for 1898, as he records his observations of two more wars, the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion, observations that document his growing professionalism and his increasing interest in and understanding of the naval profession.Taken as a whole, Taussig’s diaries in this volume provide a valuable glimpse of the initial stage of a naval officer’s professional military education just a little over a century ago. When compared and contrasted with the diary that the same man was to keep in 1917, in command of a destroyer during World War I (The Queenstown Patrol), Taussig’s early journals and diaries can be seen as substantively marking the first stages of the development of an officer’s professional understanding.Taussig built on these initial experiences and developed his professional understanding when, as a captain, he became a student at the Naval War College in 1919, staying on for two years as an instructor in tactics in 1920–21. Returning to Newport after two additional periods in command, he became head of the Naval War College’s Strategy Department in 1923–26 and chief of staff to the President, Naval War College, in 1927–30, before becoming a flag officer in 1932. In the light of these further experiences and the advanced professional education that Taussig would eventually acquire, the diaries published in this volume provide insight into the basic professional military education at the entry level in the early twentieth century. Other products produced by the U.S. Navy, Naval War College can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/621

Three Splendid Little Wars: The Diary of Joseph K. Taussig, 1898-1901

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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2012, Book 1, January 1 through June 30, 2012

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2012: Book 1, January 1 through June 30, 2012

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Contains public messages and statements of the President of the United States released by the White House for this time period. Also includes appendices, an index, and full-color photo section of official White House photographs.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2012: Book 2, July 1 Through December 31, 2012

The Handbook of North American Indians series—the most monumental summary of knowledge on indigenous peoples of the USA, Canada, and Northern Mexico—was designed by the staff of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Department of Anthropology in the 1960s and, in 2022, culminates with Volume 1, edited by Igor Krupnik. Involving more than 70 contributors from the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Germany, including indigenous contributors from across North America, the volume’s 35 chapters and more than 7,400 bibliography entries, Volume 1 presents new perspectives on the history of North America’s indigenous societies, issues facing North American indigenous communities in the 21st century, a thorough update of the studies of Native American indigenous peoples, and the first-ever history of the Handbook project. Volume 1 is an innovative collection of new contributions written in 2015–2017 and is organized in five sections that reflect the series’ three-pronged mission: to look forward, to update and assess developments in Native American research, and to account for the history of the Handbook initiative and its legacy. With Volume 1, the Handbook of North American Indians series concludes.

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Each Public Papers historical reference volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the text note. The appendixes in each Public Papers volume provide listings of a digest of the President's daily schedule and meetings, when announced, and other items of general interest issued by the Office of the Press Secretary; The President's nominations submitted to the Senate; A checklist of materials released by the Office of the Press Secretary that are not printed full-text in the book; and a table of Proclamations, Executive orders, and other Presidential documents released by the Office of the Press Secretary and published in the Federal Register.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2013: Book 1

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