{"product_id":"waldheim-the-missing-years-herzstein-1988-signed","title":"Waldheim by Robert Edwin Herzstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaldheim (Signed Waldheim Card with Authenticating Letter)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Controversial Biography of Austria's Wartime Officer and President, with a Signed Card from Kurt Waldheim Himself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Waldheim: The Missing Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert Edwin Herzstein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grafton Books, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1988\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780246133816\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0246133813\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grafton Books, London edition, 1988. Accompanied by a signed index card from Kurt Waldheim and a covering letter from his Vienna office.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's hardcover with blue cloth spine and grey paper-covered boards, with illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo-sized hardcover, 303 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The grey paper-covered boards and blue cloth spine are clean, with sharp corners and no visible bumping. The binding presents square and tidy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text pages are clean and cream-coloured, with no foxing, staining or marking visible. The binding is tight. A small pen tick appears near a chapter heading in the notes section.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e A signed index card from Kurt Waldheim is laid in at the front, together with a typed letter from his Vienna office dated May 2002, addressed to Mr. Julian Kritzinger of Worcester and signed by a secretary on his behalf.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The black jacket with gold lettering is clean across the front, spine and back, with the flap intact, carrying the author's biography and photograph. A small price and ISBN barcode label is part of the jacket. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaldheim: The Missing Years, published in London by Grafton Books in 1988, examines the wartime record of Kurt Waldheim, the former United Nations Secretary-General who became President of Austria. It appeared during the international controversy of 1986 to 1988 over his service in the German forces in the Balkans and the long silence about that period of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Edwin Herzstein traces Waldheim's early life, his wartime postings and the way his past remained hidden until it came to light. His research was commissioned by the World Jewish Congress. A reference account describes the book as a readable, well-documented study of Waldheim's activities from 1942 to the end of the war, portraying him as a bureaucratic facilitator rather than directly responsible for Balkan war crimes. The international Commission of Historians convened in 1988 could not reach a final answer on his involvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy carries a signed index card from Waldheim himself, accompanied by a covering letter from his Vienna office dated May 2002. It makes an unusual association piece for collectors of twentieth-century political history and Second World War scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Robert Edwin Herzstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Edwin Herzstein (1940-2015) was an American historian who taught history at the University of South Carolina. He died in Columbia, South Carolina, aged 74.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is best known for his books on the Nazi era, including Roosevelt and Hitler: Prelude to War, The War That Hitler Won and Adolf Hitler and the German Trauma. He also wrote two biographies of the publisher Henry R. Luce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esigned Kurt Waldheim · Waldheim The Missing Years · Kurt Waldheim biography · Robert Herzstein Waldheim · Waldheim signed index card · Second World War political biography · Waldheim affair book\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grafton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58856515567919,"sku":"TCB-000633","price":450.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/waldheim03364_cover_1.jpg?v=1794587323","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/waldheim-the-missing-years-herzstein-1988-signed","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}