THE CHALLENGE OF THE STEPPES. ROOTS OF THE COLD WAR

New York:Robert Speller & Sons, Publisher. (1963). 1st edition. xx+342pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  A very good, clean copy. Page edges lightly soiled. Internally, end-pages ever so slightly age toned, with old, now erased  but still visible bookseller notes, to top of 1st free end-page, otherwise free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket is lighlty soiled and rubbed, with edges worn, including small chips and tears. *"A thought-provoking account of the age-old conflict between East and West from the time of Attila to the time of Nikita Khrushchev. Father Rudinsky advances the interesting idea that Marxism-Leninism is essentially a philosophy and way of life of semi-nomads."...dj